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Article 4 Amendment of the principal Order

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

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;

  • “enclosed unimproved permanent grassland” means enclosed permanent grassland which has not undergone regular land cultivation,or which has not been regularly treated with fertilisers, lime, slag or pesticides;

  • “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;

  • “heather moorland or coastal heath” means moorland or coastal heath comprised in a grazing unit where the area of heather is greater than 10 hectares or represents more than 25 per cent of the area of the unit;

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

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

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

  • “meadowland” means grassland primarily used for the production of hay or silage;

  • “moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation which is generally unenclosed except along ownership boundaries;

  • “permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least ten 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;

  • “relevant date” means 22nd June 1998; and

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