# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999, Article 4: Amendment of the principal Order


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 of the use of fertilisers and pesticides, is at least five metres wide and is located at the edge of a field used for the production of arable crops;
“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;
“extensive permanent grassland” means permanent grassland which is receiving no or only minimal inputs of fertiliser or pesticides;
“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;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species and includes meadowland, pasture and rough grazing;
“management activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 2;
“permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or re-seeded 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 31st August 1999;
“scrape” means a shallow excavation which may hold water seasonally;
“wet grassland” means grassland with the potential to retain winter and spring water levels at marsh level to create field wetness or to allow shallow pools to develop.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2237/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-upper-thames-tributaries-designation-amendment-order-1999/article-4
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