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Introductory Text
1.Citation, commencement and extent
2.Interpretation
3.Cross-compliance requirements
4.Competent control authority
5.Powers of authorised persons
6.Assistance to authorised persons
7.Offences and penalties
8.Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
9.Amendment to the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
10.Revocation, saving and transitional provision
Signature
SCHEDULE
STANDARDS FOR GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
PART 1 General Interpretation
In this Schedule— “the 2003 Act” means the Water Environment...
PART 2 Standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition
1.Establishment of buffer strips along water courses
2.Use of water for irrigation
3.Protection of groundwater against pollution
4.Minimum soil cover
5.Minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion
6.Maintenance of soil organic matter
7.Retention of landscape features
PART 3 Protection of Groundwater against Pollution
Explanatory Note