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 M1 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 ”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.S.I. 2014/325.