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