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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1992/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\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“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;\n“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species and includes meadowland, pasture and rough grazing;\n“managed woodland” means a minimum area of at least one hectare for which within two years of the commencement of the agreement the farmer obtains approval for a grant in connection with the management of the land for forestry purposes under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979;\n“meadowland” means land primarily used for the production of hay and silage;\n“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/923",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3104",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/930",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/460",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/55/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:31:00.828636+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."
}