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;

• “buffer strip” means a strip of land which is subject to a prohibition on the use of fertilisers and pesticides, is at least six metres wide and is located at the edge of a field used for the production of arable crops and which adjoins an open drainage channel;

• “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;

• “grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;

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

• “permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded 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;

• “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.”.