# The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked) S.S.I. 2011/415 · made 22 November 2011 · revised to 1 January 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/ssi_20110415_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/ssien_20110415_en.pdf ## Introductory text Agriculture Made 22nd November 2011 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 24th November 2011 Coming into force 1st January 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Good agricultural and environmental condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Permanent pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Competent control authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Powers of authorised persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Assistance to authorised persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Offences by bodies corporate, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amendment of the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule: GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION ### Part I: Protection of soil from erosion ### Chapter: Minimum soil cover ## 1 Winter soil cover and final seedbeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Minimum land management reflecting site-specific conditions ## 2 Wind erosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Capping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Watercourses, watering points and feeding areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Field drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Muirburning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Practices to maintain soil organic matter levels ### Chapter: Standards for crop rotations where applicable ## 7 Arable break crops or the application of organic materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Arable stubble management ## 8 Incorporation of livestock manures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Maintenance of soil structure ### Chapter: Appropriate machinery use ## 9 Machinery use for planting or sowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Minimum level of maintenance and prevention of deterioration of habitats ### Chapter: Minimum livestock stocking rates and appropriate regimes ## 10 Undergrazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Overgrazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Protection of permanent pasture ## 12 Pasture land of environmental or archaeological value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Works on rough grazings and other semi-natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Pesticides, lime and fertiliser on rough grazings and other semi-natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Retention of landscape features ## 15 Boundary features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Landscape features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Protected historic environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land ## 18 Encroachment of vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: Protection and management of water ### Chapter: Protect water against pollution and run-off, and manage the use of water ## 19 Water abstraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Establishment of buffer strips along water courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Protection of groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/415 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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