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In this Schedule—

• “the 2003 Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 M1;

• F1“the 2018 Regulations” means the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018,

• “chemical fertiliser” means fertiliser which is manufactured by an industrial process;

• F2“invasive species” means giant hogweed (heracleum mantegazzianum), Japanese knotweed (fallopia japonica), Himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera) and rhododendron (rhododendron ponticum);

• “nitrogen fertiliser” means any substance containing a nitrogen compound utilised on land to enhance growth or vegetation;

• “organic manure” means—

  1. (a)

     livestock manure; and

  2. (b)

     nitrogen fertiliser, not being livestock manure or chemical fertiliser, derived from organic matter, and includes sewage sludge and other organic wastes;

• “pesticides” means anything used for destroying pests and includes herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and other biocides;

• F3“relevant period” means the period beginning on the day the land is prepared for planting a hedge and terminating at the end of the third growing season following the planting of that hedge;

• “rough grazings and other semi-natural areas” means land containing semi-natural vegetation including heathland, heather moorland, bog, unimproved grassland and rough grassland which is used or suitable for grazing; and

• “surface water” has the same meaning as in section 3(3) of the 2003 Act.