PART 2 Categories of use

4 Watering a garden using a hosepipe
1 Using a hosepipe to water a garden for health or safety reasons is not to be treated as falling within the category of use in section 76(2)(a) of the Act.
2 In that section, “a garden” includes any of the following—
(a) a park;
(b) gardens open to the public;
(c) a lawn;
(d) a grass verge;
(e) an area of grass used for sport or recreation;
(f) an allotment garden, as defined in section 22(1) of the Allotments Act 1922;
1922 c. 51.
(g) any area of an allotment used for non-commercial purposes;
(h) any other green space.
3 But “a garden” does not include—
(a) agricultural land, as defined in section 109(1) of the Agriculture Act 1947;
1947 c. 48.
(b) other land used in the course of a business for the purposes of growing, for sale or commercial use, any crops, fruit, vegetables or other plants;
(c) land used for the purposes of a National Plant Collection;
(d) a temporary garden or flower display; or
(e) plants (including plant organs, seeds, crops and trees) which are in an outdoor pot or in the ground, under cover.