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Article 4 Amendment of the principal Order

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

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 other agricultural chemicals, is at least six metres wide, is located at the edge of a field and adjoins an open drainage channel or a hedgerow;

  • “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;

  • “fen” means an area of semi-natural vegetation which is waterlogged throughout the year;

  • “grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species and includes meadowland, pasture and rough grazing;

  • “low input grassland” means permanent grassland which has not been regularly cultivated or reseeded, or treated with fertiliser, pesticides or other agricultural inputs, or permanent grassland that has the potential to retain high summer water levels;

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

  • “marsh” means grassland with the potential to retain high spring water levels in ditches so as to create field wetness or to allow shallow pools to develop;

  • “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;

  • “reverted grassland” means grassland established pursuant to the provisions of an agreement on land previously used for arable cropping; and

  • “woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.”.