For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “appropriate nature conservation agency” means English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Countryside Council for Wales;

• “approval” means any approval given under the Plant Protection Products Regulations and“approved” shall be construed accordingly;

• “curtilage”, in relation to any building, means the land attached to, and forming one enclosure with, that building;

• “ground marker” includes a person who is instructed by a person intending to carry out an aerial application to be present on or near to the land to which the prescribed plant protection product is to be applied so that that person is able to communicate with the pilot of the aircraft engaged in the aerial application for the purpose of ensuring the safe application of that plant protection product;

• “local beekeepers' spray warning scheme” means any scheme for the advance notification of the application of prescribed plant protection products, organised by local beekeepers and notified to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales (being the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with agriculture in Scotland and Wales);

• “Local Nature Reserve” means a nature reserve established by a local authority under section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 19499 and “the relevant authority” in regard to such a reserve shall be the local authority which is providing or securing the provision of the reserve;

• “Marine Nature Reserve” means an area designated as such by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198110, and the “relevant authority” in regard to such an area shall be the appropriate nature conservation agency;

• “National Nature Reserve” means any land declared as such by the appropriate nature conservation agency under section 19 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, or under section 35 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and “the relevant authority”in regard to such land shall be the appropriate nature conservation agency;

• “Site of Special Scientific Interest” means any area designated as such by the appropriate nature conservation agency under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, or in respect of which the Secretary of State has made an Order under section 29 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and “the relevant authority” in regard to such an area shall be the appropriate nature conservation agency;

• “water” means any surface water.