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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/4/body/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2023/4/body" NumberOfProvisions="71" NumberFormat="default"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/4/part/6/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2023/4/part/6" NumberOfProvisions="9" id="part-6"><Number>PART 6</Number><Title>GENERAL</Title><P1group><Title>Meaning of “agriculture” and related references</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/4/section/51/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2023/4/section/51" id="section-51">
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                  <Text>In this Act, “<Term id="term-agriculture">agriculture</Term>” means—</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>horticulture;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>farming arable crops;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>dairy farming;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>keeping and breeding livestock;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>using land as grazing land;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>using land as farm woodland or for agroforestry;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>controlled environment agriculture;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>otherwise growing plants for sale, or for the sale of part of a plant;</Text>
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                    <Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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                      <Text>maintaining land in a state that makes it suitable for an activity listed in paragraphs (a) to (h).</Text>
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                <Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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                  <Text>In subsection (1)—</Text>
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                        <Text>“<Term id="term-livestock">livestock</Term>” includes, among other things, any animal kept to produce food, drink, oils, fibres or leathers, or to graze land;</Text>
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                        <Text>“<Term id="term-controlled-environment-agriculture">controlled environment agriculture</Term>” means growing plants in a closed ecosystem permitting the management of environmental variables (including temperature, humidity, light and nutrients).</Text>
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                <Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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                  <Text>References in this Act to agricultural markets, agricultural businesses, agricultural producers and agricultural products are to be construed in accordance with subsection (1).</Text>
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