{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "text": "In the Schedule, in Part 2 (standards for good agricultural and environmental condition)—\n(a) in paragraph 1 (establishment of buffer strips along water courses)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (5), after “sub-paragraph (6)” insert “or (7)”;\n(ii) for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—\n“(6) This sub-paragraph applies where pesticides are applied to land to control—\n(a) injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;\n(b) invasive species; or\n(c) if the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers has been given, other plant species.”; and\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (6), insert—\n“(7) This sub-paragraph applies where the cultivation of land takes place for the purpose of establishing—\n(a) a green cover on that land, where it does not already have a green cover; or\n(b) a hedge (as defined in paragraph 7(7)(a)) during the relevant period.”; and\n(b) in paragraph 7 (retention of landscape features), for sub-paragraph (6), substitute—\n“(6) This sub-paragraph applies where—\n(a) the cultivation of land takes place for the purpose of—\n(i) establishing a green cover on that land, where it does not already have a green cover;\n(ii) establishing a hedge during the relevant period and, for that purpose, organic manure, chemical or nitrogen fertilisers or pesticides may be applied to the land; or\n(iii) in calendar year 2015, harvesting any crop that has been established before 1st January 2015;\n(b) organic manure, chemical or nitrogen fertilisers or pesticides are applied to land prior to the harvesting of a crop as mentioned in head (a)(iii); or\n(c) pesticides are applied to land to control—\n(i) injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;\n(ii) invasive species; or\n(iii) if the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers has been given, other plant species.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/215/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:29:06.973520+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}