Paragraph 2 F1
Scotland
Areas with nitrogen-fixing crops must be surrounded by a buffer strip or field margin, which is an ecological focus area as referred to in point (d) of the first sub-paragraph of Article 46(2) of the Direct Payments Regulation as construed with Article 45(5) of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation, with a minimum width of F23 metres and a maximum width of 20 metres.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
sch. 2 pt. 3 para. 2 substituted (15.5.2018) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/122), regs. 1, 11(c)(i)
- F2
Words in sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (31.12.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/397), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(c)(ii)