Amendment to option 49 (management of grass margins and beetlebanks in arable fields)40

In option 49 (management of grass margins and beetlebanks in arable fields)—

a

in column 2, in paragraph (3)(a)—

i

for “6” where it appears the second time, substitute “3”; and

ii

after “Kestrel” insert “, and plants at least one species of a nectar-feeding plant such as red clover if it does not exist currently on the strip”;

b

in column 2, in paragraph (3)(c) for “establishes the strip” substitute “where no strip currently exists, establishes a strip”;

c

in column 2, in paragraph (3)(d) omit “. Spot treatment of scheduled and non-native invasive weeds is permitted”;

d

in column 2, omit paragraph (3)(f);

e

in column 2, in paragraph (3)(g) after “site” insert “except with the prior written agreement of the Scottish Ministers for activities such as spot treatment of injurious weeds or control of invasive non-native species”;

f

in column 2, in paragraph (4), second sentence, for “carried out” substitute “relocated”; and

g

in column 3, after “per year” insert “for establishment and management of a strip and £407.92 per hectare per year for management of an existing strip”.