# The Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014, Paragraph


In this Schedule—
“the 2003 Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 ;
“the 2018 Regulations” means the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018,
“chemical fertiliser” means fertiliser which is manufactured by an industrial process;
“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—
(a)livestock manure; and
(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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/325/schedule/part/1/paragraph/wrapper1n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule/part-1/paragraph-wrapper1n1
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