# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stewartry) Designation Order 1988, Paragraph 5


The farmer shall not apply to open rough grazings or other unimproved pasture pesticides or herbicides, except to control bracken
(pteridium aquilinum), spear-thistle
(cirsium vulgare), creeping or field thistle
(cirsium arvense), curled dock
(rumex crispus), broadleaved dock
(rumex obtusifolius)or ragwort
(senecio jacobaea).
With the exception of bracken any herbicides used must be applied by weed wiper, spot treatment or hand spraying only. In the case of bracken, control shall be by means of asulam or other chemicals approved by the Secretary of State, which must not be applied by aerial spraying.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/493/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-stewartry-designation-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-5
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