# The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 2


To ensure the protection of rough grazings and other semi-natural areas, pesticides, lime or fertiliser must not be applied to rough grazings and other semi-natural areas except-
(a) to control injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 applies;
(b) to control bracken with Asulam or other approved herbicides; or
(c) in exceptional circumstances where no conservation damage will result, lime or fertiliser may be applied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/70/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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