# The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 27: Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014


(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).
(2) In Part 1 (general interpretation), after the definition of “chemical fertiliser” insert—
““invasive species” means giant hogweed (heracleum mantegazzianum), Japanese knotweed (fallopia japonica), Himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera) and rhododendron (rhododendron ponticum);”.
(3) In Part 2 (standards of good agricultural and environmental condition)—
(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 ”;
(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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-27
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