Article 2 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art.2(1) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation 1994 art.3(2)(5)
art.2 (defns. of access route and recognised dairy) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation 1995 art.3(2)
art.2(1) (defn. of bank) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation 1997 art.2(2)(a)
art.2(1) (defn. of conservation plan) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation 1997 art.2(2)(b)
art. 2 amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation 1988

(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;
“bank” means a bank made of stone or earth falling within or forming the boundary of a field;
“broadleaved woodland” means land used for broadleaved woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes;
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State;
“hay meadow” means a meadow cut in the traditional manner the vegetation of which includes a mixture of native grasses, sedges and wild flowers; “livestock unit” means—
1. (a)
  
  1 cow, or
2. (b)
  
  1·25 bulls or other bovine animals over two years old, or
3. (c)
  
  1·6 bovine animals from one year to two years old inclusive, or
4. (d)
  
  2·5 bovine animals less than one year old, or
5. (e)
  
  6·66 sheep;
“rough land” means heathland, moorland, wetland or semi-natural grassland.

(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.