The Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Grants) (Scotland) Scheme 2003

Interpretation

2.—(1) 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(1);

“slurry” means–

(a)

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

(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.

(2) In this Scheme, any reference to–

(a) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in this Scheme so numbered;

(b) a numbered sub-paragraph (with no corresponding reference to a specific paragraph) is a reference to the sub paragraph so numbered in the paragraph in which that reference appears.

(3) 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(2), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.

(1)

S.S.I. 2003/51.

(2)

2000 c. 7.