{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-breckland-designation-amendment-order-1998/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-breckland-designation-amendment-order-1998/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1306",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-breckland-designation-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Order",
  "text": "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:\n““agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;\n“capital activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 1;\n“conservation headland” means a strip of land at least six metres wide along the edge of a field growing arable crops that is subject to restrictions on the use of fertilisers and herbicides;\n“conservation plan” means a plan incorporated into an agreement for the carrying out of one or more capital activities within a specified period;\n“cultivated land” means land which is regularly ploughed or otherwise cultivated or that is regularly treated with fertilisers;\n“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;\n“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;\n“heathland” means sandy or chalky land which is free-draining and covered by semi-natural vegetation;\n“management activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 2;\n“public access route” means a strip of land which is the subject of an agreement and on which access is given to the public;\n“relevant date” means 22nd June 1998;\n“river valley grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species and on which the soil is not predominantly free-draining;\n“uncropped wildlife strips” means a strip of land at least six metres wide at the edge of a field used for arable cropping which is subject to restrictions on the use of fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides, nutrients and other agricultural admixtures;\n“winter stubble” means the residue of stalks and other plant material remaining after harvest of a cereal or linseed crop and which is not removed over the winter period; and\n“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1306/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:30:18.382388+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}