Article 2 Interpretation

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

art. 2(1) words revoked by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation 1998 art. 4
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation 1998 art. 4
art.2 (defns of access route, conservation plan and recognised dairy breed) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation 1994 art.4
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders 1996 reg. 2(2) Sch. Pt. 1 Section B
art. 2(1) words inserted by S.I. 1996/3104, reg. 2(2) cease to have effect (with saving) by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders (Revocation of Specified Provisions) 1998 reg. 4 Sch.

(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;
“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;
“downland turf” means grassland other than permanent, ley or intensive grassland situated on undulating chalk hills;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least five years;
“strip” means a strip of land at least 6 metres wide on the edge of a field used for the production of cereal crops;
“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.