The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation Order 1994

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“access route” means a strip of land 10 metres wide which is the subject of an agreement including the requirements specified in Schedule 2 as to public access;

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

“conservation plan” means a plan for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 6 which the farmer undertakes, as part of an agreement, to implement within a period of two years;

“extensive permanent grassland” means permanent grassland which is receiving no or only minimal inputs of fertiliser, lime, slag or pesticides;

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

“fen habitat” means an area of semi-natural vegetation which is waterlogged throughout the year;

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

“livestock unit” means—

(a)

1 bovine animal more than two years old;

(b)

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

(c)

6.66 sheep;

(d)

1 horse more than six months old; or

(e)

4.35 farmed deer;

“permanent grassland” means grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least five years;

“recognised dairy breed” means one of the following breeds, namely, Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry;

“wetland” means land which is subject to regular flooding or which is waterlogged for the greater part of the year.

(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.