The Rural Development Contracts (Land Managers Options) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

Amendment of option 14 (management of grass margins and beetlebanks)

20.  In option 14 (management of grass margins and beetlebanks)—

(a) in column 2—

(i) for paragraph (3)(a), substitute—

“(a) manages a strip between 1.5 metres to 6 metres in width in an arable field with a minimum width of 3 metres or more where the management is to benefit Hen Harriers, Corn Buntings, Barn Owls or Kestrels and plants at least one species of nectar-feeding plant such as red clover if none is currently planted;”;

(ii) in paragraph (3)(c), before “establishes”, insert “where no strip currently exists,”;

(iii) in paragraph (3)(d), omit “, spot treatment of injurious weeds or non-native invasive weeds is permitted”;

(iv) omit paragraph (3)(g);

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

(vi) in paragraph (4), for “transferred”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “relocated”; and

(vii) in paragraph (5), for “Beneficiaries” substitute “Applicants”; and

(b) in column 3, for “£473.76 per hectare per scheme year.”, substitute “Establishment and management, £473.76 per hectare per scheme year. Management only, £407.92 per hectare per scheme year.”.