Regulation 17 Permanent grassland

Scotland

(1)

For the purposes of the first sub-paragraph of Article 45(1) of the Direct Payments Regulation F1, as it had effect immediately before exit day, areas of permanent grassland are designated as environmentally sensitive where those areas are located in a site of special scientific interest as mentioned in the list published by the Scottish Ministers M1 and these areas have not been ploughed or converted within a period of 15 calendar years ending on 31st December 2014.

(2)

In this regulation, “site of special scientific interest” has the meaning given by section 58 (interpretation) of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 M2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 17(1) inserted (31.1.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/18), regs. 1(2), 3(6)

Marginal citations

M1: The list of selected sites of special scientific interest is published at https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/.
M2: 2004 asp 6, as relevantly amended by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), section 37(4)(a).