# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation Order 1993, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;
“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 also has entered into an agreement with the Minister;
“grassland” means land of which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“grazing unit” means an area of land on which stock management and numbers can be controlled by existing boundaries or by shepherding;
“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;
“heather” means common heather (Calluna vulgaris), and includes common heather growing in association with other ericaceous dwarf shrub species including western gorse (Ulex gallii);
“improved permanent grassland” means permanent grassland used for pasture or for the production of hay or silage which is regularly treated with fertilisers;
“livestock unit” means—
(a) 1 bovine animal more than 2 years old, or
(b) 1.66 bovine animals from six months old to two years old inclusive, or
(c) 6.66 sheep, or
(d) 1 soliped (other than a pure bred Exmoor pony) more than six months old;
“managed woodland” means an area of at least one hectare of woodland for which, within two years of the start of the agreement, the farmer obtains approval for a grant either in connection with the management of the land for forestry purposes under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979 or in relation to the conservation and enhancement of a National Park under section 39 or 44 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
“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;
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/83/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-exmoor-designation-order-1993/article-2
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