Article 4 Amendment of the principal Order

In article 2(1) of the principal Order, the provisions immediately following the words “In this Order–” to the end of article 2(1), in so far as they were made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986, shall be deleted and the following definitions shall be inserted at their appropriate alphabetical place:

• ““agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;

• “capital activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 1;

• “conservation plan” means a plan incorporated into an agreement for the carrying out of one or more capital activities within a specified period;

• “cultivated land” means land which is regularly ploughed or otherwise cultivated or that is regularly treated with fertilisers;

• “farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3, and who has also entered into an agreement with the Minister;

• “heathland” means sandy or chalky land which is free-draining and covered by semi-natural vegetation;

• “improved permanent grassland” means permanent grassland that is regularly treated with fertilisers, and used for pasture or for the production of hay or silage;

• “low input permanent grassland” means permanent grassland used for pasture or hay or silage production, which receives little or no fertiliser and which has the potential to develop or has developed botanical diversity;

• “management activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 2;

• “permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or re-seeded for at least five years;

• “public access route” means a strip of land which is the subject of an agreement and on which access is given to the public;

• “woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.”.