Paragraph 1
As regards all moorland comprised in a participating production unit or common grazing—
the beneficiary shall not apply herbicides, pesticides, lime or fertiliser (including farmyard manure and slurry) to the moorland except to control bracken, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock, ragwort, or to carry out stump treatment. With the prior written consent of the Secretary of State other plants may be controlled. Herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by means of weed wiper or spot treatment, hand spraying, tractor mounted sprayers or, with the prior written consent of the Secretary of State, by other methods;
the beneficiary shall avoid damaging the rough grazings by installing new drains, modifying existing drains, ploughing, levelling, re-seeding, chain-harrowing, rolling or otherwise cultivating the land;
the beneficiary shall not damage, destroy or remove native or semi-natural woodland, stockproof walls, traditional weatherproof farm buildings, features of historical or archaeological interest or value.