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Article 4 Watering a garden using a hosepipeI1

England and Wales

(1)

Using a hosepipe to water a garden for health or safety reasons is not to be treated as falling within the category of use in section 76(2)(a) of the Act.

(2)

In that section, “a garden” includes any of the following—

(a)

a park;

(b)

gardens open to the public;

(c)

a lawn;

(d)

a grass verge;

(e)

an area of grass used for sport or recreation;

(f)

an allotment garden, as defined in section 22(1) of the Allotments Act 1922f1;

(g)

any area of an allotment used for non-commercial purposes;

(h)

any other green space.

(3)

But “a garden” does not include—

(a)

agricultural land, as defined in section 109(1) of the Agriculture Act 1947f2;

(b)

other land used in the course of a business for the purposes of growing, for sale or commercial use, any crops, fruit, vegetables or other plants;

(c)

land used for the purposes of a National Plant Collection;

(d)

a temporary garden or flower display; or

(e)

plants (including plant organs, seeds, crops and trees) which are in an outdoor pot or in the ground, under cover.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2010, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

1922 c. 51.

f2

1947 c. 48.