10. In this schedule:
“arable land” means land on which cereal or oil-seed rape crops are grown;
“borehole” means a hole which has been drilled in land in order to provide a water supply whether or not currently in use for this purpose;
“discing” means breaking up the surface of land mechanically by means of a thin flat revolving disc;
“earthbank” means a ridge constructed from soil which forms part of a field boundary;
“historic monument” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1);
“improved grassland” means grassland on which more than 20% of the sward is comprised of ryegrass, timothy, red fescue or white clover;
“overgrazing” means grazing land with livestock in such numbers as to damage the growth, quality or species composition of vegetation on that land to a significant degree;
“ploughing” means making furrows in land mechanically, by breaking and turning over the soil;
“poaching” means the prolonged trampling of waterlogged soil by animals or humans or the use of machinery or vehicles on waterlogged soil;
“sacrifice area” means a supplementary feeding site which is grazed bare by livestock;
“semi-natural habitat” means an area which is not subject to an intensive farming regime, such as an area of moorland, scrub, heath, wetlands, species rich grassland, broadleaf woodland, a coastal habitat, or waterway. These examples are without prejudice to the generality of the expression;
“shelterbelt” means a row of trees planted on land to provide shelter from prevailing winds;
“supplementary feeding site” means any land under the control of a farmer (other than a farm building or farmyard) where concentrates, fodder or mineral licks are fed to livestock;
“tree preservation order” has the same meaning as in Article 65 of the Planning Order (Northern Ireland) 1991(2);
“undergrazing” means permitting the growth, quality or species composition of grazed vegetation to deteriorate significantly through the lack of, or through insufficient, grazing or management;
“waterway” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(3).
S.I. 1995/1625 (N.I. 9) to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations
S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11); Article 65 has been amended by Article 26(1) of the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 8)
S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6) to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations