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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
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  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "text": "(1) The Schedule (standards for good agricultural and environmental condition) to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In Part 1 (general interpretation), after the definition of “chemical fertiliser” insert—\n““invasive species” means giant hogweed (heracleum mantegazzianum), Japanese knotweed (fallopia japonica), Himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera) and rhododendron (rhododendron ponticum);”.\n(3) In Part 2 (standards of good agricultural and environmental condition)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(6) (establishment of buffer strips along water courses), after “Weeds Act 1959 applies” insert “ , invasive species or, subject to the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers, other plant species ”;\n(b) in paragraph 7(6) (retention of landscape features), after “Weeds Act 1959 applies” insert “ , invasive species or, subject to the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers, other plant species ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "M",
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      "text": "S.S.I. 2014/325."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:31:08.903068+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."
}