Section 2 Interpretation

In this Scheme–

• “application” means an application for a grant under this Scheme by a person made in accordance with paragraph 3 and “applicant” shall be construed accordingly;

• “farmyard manure” means a mixture of livestock manure and bedding material which can be stored as a solid and which is not capable of being pumped as a semi solid or liquid;

• “nitrate vulnerable zone” has the same meaning as in the Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2003^f1;

• “slurry” means–

  1. (a)

     excreta, including any liquid fraction, produced by livestock whilst in a yard or building; or

  2. (b)

     a mixture consisting wholly of or containing such excreta, bedding, feed residues, rainwater and washings from a building or yard used by livestock, dungsteads or middens, high level slatted buildings and weeping wall structures or any combination of these, provided such excreta is present,

  of a consistency that allows it to be pumped or discharged by gravity at any stage in the handling process.

In this Scheme, any reference to–

A reference in this Scheme to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f2, which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.