Paragraph 4

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

Sch. para.5 rev.in pt. by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation 1996 art.5(a)
Sch. para.10 amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation 1996 art.5(b)(i)
Sch. para.10(b) substituted by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Central Southern Uplands) Designation 1996 art.5(b)(ii)
Sch. para. 4 words substituted by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) 2026 reg. 4(2)

The farmer shall make any muirburn in accordance with the standards set out in the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group leaflet entitled “The Principles and Practice of Heather Burning” and published in 1988.