The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked) No. 415

SCHEDULE S GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION

PART III S Maintenance of soil structure

Appropriate machinery use S

Machinery use for planting or sowing S

9.—(1) A farmer must not carry out any cultivation using machinery if—

(a) water is standing on the surface of the land; or

(b) the soil is saturated to the point where water is clearly visible when pressure equivalent to a footprint is applied.

(2) In this paragraph, “cultivation” means cultivation to prepare for planting or sowing.