# The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015, Regulation 12: Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014


In the Schedule, in Part 2 (standards for good agricultural and environmental condition)—
(a) in paragraph 1 (establishment of buffer strips along water courses)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (5), after “sub-paragraph (6)” insert “or (7)”;
(ii) for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—
“(6) This sub-paragraph applies where pesticides are applied to land to control—
(a) injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;
(b) invasive species; or
(c) if the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers has been given, other plant species.”; and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (6), insert—
“(7) This sub-paragraph applies where the cultivation of land takes place for the purpose of establishing—
(a) a green cover on that land, where it does not already have a green cover; or
(b) a hedge (as defined in paragraph 7(7)(a)) during the relevant period.”; and
(b) in paragraph 7 (retention of landscape features), for sub-paragraph (6), substitute—
“(6) This sub-paragraph applies where—
(a) the cultivation of land takes place for the purpose of—
(i) establishing a green cover on that land, where it does not already have a green cover;
(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
(iii) in calendar year 2015, harvesting any crop that has been established before 1st January 2015;
(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
(c) pesticides are applied to land to control—
(i) injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;
(ii) invasive species; or
(iii) if the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers has been given, other plant species.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/215/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-12
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