# The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this schedule—
“AMPP area” means the accumulated material past project area, being, in relation to an extending project, the total area covered by—
(a)all material past projects; and
(b)every other forestry project which—
(i)is on land adjoining or near to the area of any material past project; and
(ii)fulfils the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition of material past project;
“deep peaty soil” is organic soil which contains more than 60 per cent of organic matter and exceeds 50 centimetres in thickness;
“extending project” means any forestry project on, or proposed to be on, land which adjoins land on which one or more material past projects has, or have, been carried out;
“material past project”, in relation to a particular extending project, means a forestry project which—
(a)is of the same type as that of the extending project;
(b)was completed after the coming into force of these Regulations; and
(c)was completed no more than 5 years before the proposed date for beginning work on the extending project;
“sensitive area” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) but includes, for the purposes of this schedule only, any area of deep peaty soil;
“type”, in relation to a forestry project, extending project or material past project means one of the following types of forestry project:
(a)afforestation;
(b)deforestation;
(c)forest road works; or
(d)forest quarry works.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/113/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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