# The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 1


The criteria are—
(a) in respect of agricultural areas other than agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, a farmer must—
(i) take action to control injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies; and
(ii) maintain access to those areas for livestock or farm machinery and, where those areas include permanent grassland, maintain existing stock proof boundaries and water sources for livestock; and
(b) in respect of arable land, a farmer must take action to prevent the encroachment of scrub on that land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/58/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-direct-payments-etc-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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