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 (Test Valley) Designation 1998 art. 4
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation 1998 art. 4
art.2 (defns of access route, conservation plan and recognised dairy breed) added by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation 1994 art.4
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.
art. 2(1) words inserted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Orders 1996 reg. 2(2) Sch. Pt. 1 Section A

(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;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species and includes meadowland, pasture and rough grazing;
“livestock unit” means–
1. (a)
  
  1 bovine animal more than two years old, or
2. (b)
  
  1.66 bovine animals from six months old to two years old inclusive, or
3. (c)
  
  6.66 sheep;
“unimproved permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been regularly ploughed, levelled, drained or reseeded, or treated with fertiliser, lime, slag, herbicides or pesticides for at least five years;
“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.