The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation Order 1993

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order

“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;

“eroded heather moorland” means moorland where more than 25% of the area of land subject to an agreement is bare ground as a result of reduced heather growth;

“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who also has entered into an agreement with the Minister;

“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;

“grazeable moorland” includes moorland areas other than areas which are cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), bare ground, rock or scree with less than 10 per cent vegetation cover;

“heather” means common heather (Calluna vulgaris), and includes common heather growing in association with other ericaceous dwarf shrub species;

“inbye land” means enclosed land used for the production of grass or crops;

“livestock unit” means—

(a)

1 bovine animal more than two years old; or

(b)

1.66 bovine animals from six months old to two years old inclusive; or

(c)

6.66 sheep;

“managed woodland” means an area of at least one hectare of woodland for which, within two years of the start of an agreement, the farmer obtains approval for a grant either in connection with the management of the land for forestry purposes under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979(1) or in relation to the conservation and enhancement of a National Park under section 39 or 44 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(2);

“meadowland” means grassland primarily used for the production of hay or silage;

“moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation which is generally unenclosed except along ownership boundaries;

“suppressed heather moorland” means moorland where less than 25% of the area of land subject to an agreement comprises heather;

“unimproved grassland” means grassland which has not been regularly ploughed, levelled, drained or reseeded, or treated with fertiliser, lime, slag, herbicides or pesticides;

“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.

(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.

(1)

1979 c. 21.

(2)

1981 c. 69.