The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lake District) 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;

“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;

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

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

“grazing unit” means an area of land on which stock management and numbers can be controlled by existing boundaries or by shepherding;

“heather fell” means fell comprised in a grazing unit where the area of heather vegetation is greater than 25 hectares or represents more than 25 per cent of the area of the unit;

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

“inbye land” means enclosed grassland used for pasture or for the production of hay or silage which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least ten years and which is subject to regular treatment with fertilisers;

“intake land” means enclosed land used exclusively for grazing, most of which has not been regularly ploughed, levelled, drained or reseeded or treated with fertilisers, lime, slag or pesticides;

“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, or

(d)

1 soliped more than 6 months old;

“managed woodland” means an area of at least one hectare of woodland for which, within two years of the start of the 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);

“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.

(1)

1979 c. 21.

(2)

1981 c. 69.