The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014

[F1Converting, ploughing or reseeding land designated as environmentally sensitive permanent grasslandU.K.

16.—(1) A beneficiary may only convert, plough or reseed certain areas of environmentally sensitive permanent grassland if—

(a)the site of special scientific interest notification requires or allows the beneficiary to plough or convert certain areas of the site of special scientific interest; or

(b)consent to do so has been provided by Natural Resources Wales.

(2) In this paragraph—

“environmentally sensitive permanent grassland” (“glaswelltir parhaol amgylcheddol-sensitif”) means—

(a)

grassland located in a site of special scientific interest; and

(b)

grassland in relation to which written consent to plough is required in accordance with section 28E(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 but such consent has not been obtained;

“site of special scientific interest” (“safle o ddiddordeb gwyddonol arbennig”) has the meaning given in section 52(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.]

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