# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation Order 1994, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“access route” means a strip of land 10 metres wide which is the subject of an agreement including the requirements specified in Schedule 2 as to public access;
“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;
“conservation plan” means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 6 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;
“extensive permanent grassland” means permanent grassland which is receiving no or only minimal inputs of fertiliser, lime, slag or pesticides;
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who has entered into an agreement with the Minister;
“fen habitat” 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;
“livestock unit” means—
(a) 1 bovine animal more than two years old;
(b) 1.66 bovine animals from six months old to two years inclusive;
(c) 6.66 sheep;
(d) 1 horse more than six months old; or
(e) 4.35 farmed deer;
“permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least five years;
“recognised dairy breed” means one of the following breeds, namely, Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry;
“wetland” means land which is subject to regular flooding or which is waterlogged for the greater part of the year.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/712/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-upper-thames-tributaries-designation-order-1994/article-2
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