Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 201427.
(1)
The Schedule (standards for good agricultural and environmental condition) to the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 201420 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)
In Part 1 (general interpretation), after the definition of “chemical fertiliser” insert—
““invasive species” means giant hogweed (heracleum mantegazzianum), Japanese knotweed (fallopia japonica), Himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera) and rhododendron (rhododendron ponticum);”.
(3)
In Part 2 (standards of good agricultural and environmental condition)—
(a)
in paragraph 1(6) (establishment of buffer strips along water courses), after “Weeds Act 1959 applies” insert “, invasive species or, subject to the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers, other plant species”;
(b)
in paragraph 7(6) (retention of landscape features), after “Weeds Act 1959 applies” insert “, invasive species or, subject to the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers, other plant species”.