Paragraph 9 Control of weeds

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 3(1)(c)(iv) words inserted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(e)(i)
Sch. para. 3(1)(c)(iv)(bb) words substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(e)(ii)
Sch. para. 13(5)(b) words substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(f)
Sch. para. 16(1)(a) word substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(g)

A farmer must take all reasonable steps to prevent the spread of Rhododendron ponticum, Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) and Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) on his land.