In the Income Tax Acts “farming” means the occupation of land wholly or mainly for the purposes of husbandry, but does not include market gardening (see subsection (5)).

For the purposes of the Income Tax Acts the cultivation of short rotation coppice is regarded as husbandry and not as forestry.

In the Income Tax Acts “woodlands” does not include land on which short rotation coppice is cultivated.

In the Income Tax Acts “market gardening” means the occupation of land as a garden or nursery for the purpose of growing produce for sale.

For the purposes of this section “short rotation coppice” means a perennial crop of tree species planted at high density, the stems of which are harvested above ground level at intervals of less than 10 years.

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