{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1443",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“access route” means a strip of land 10 metres wide which is the subject of an agreement including the requirements referred to in article 5(3);\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“chalk downland” means grassland situated on undulating chalk hills;\n“conservation plan” has the meaning given to it in article 5(5);\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, chalk downland and rough grazing;\n“recognised dairy breed” means one of the following breeds of cattle, namely Ayrshire, British Fresian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry;\n“river valley grassland” means grassland other than chalk downland situated within a river valley; and\n“strip”, except in the definition of “access route”, means a strip of land at least six metres wide located at the edge of a field and used for the production of arable crops.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule (with no corresponding reference to a specific instrument) is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1443/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:34.088896+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."
}