Paragraph 2 I1

Pesticides, lime or fertiliser (including farmyard manure and slurry) must not be applied to rough grazings, unimproved pasture, reverted improved grassland, machair and dune grassland, wetlands, water margins, native, amenity or semi natural woodlands and scrub, except in exceptional circumstances and only with the prior written approval of the Scottish Ministers. Records shall be maintained by the applicant showing that this approval has been obtained.