# The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 14: Pesticides, lime and fertiliser on rough grazings and other semi-natural areas


A farmer must not apply pesticides, lime or fertiliser to rough grazings and other semi-natural areas, except–
(a) as approved under the Uncultivated Land and Semi-Natural Areas Regulations;
(b) in the case of lime or fertiliser, where no conservation damage to the diversity of species in those areas will result;
(c) in the case of herbicides, to control injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;
(d) to control bracken with Asulam or other herbicides approved within the meaning of the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 or the Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003; or
(e) to control other plants, with the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/518/schedule/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule/paragraph-14
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