Maintenance of soil organic matter
6.—(1) A beneficiary must not burn stubble except for the purposes of disease control or elimination of plant pests.
(2) A beneficiary who makes muirburn must—
(a)provide at the place where the muirburn is about to take place, and maintain there whilst the muirburn is undertaken, sufficient staff and equipment to control and regulate burning operations so as to prevent damage to any woodlands on or adjoining the land where the operations are taking place or to any adjoining lands, march fences or other things; and
(b)do so with due care so as not to cause damage to any woodlands on or adjoining the land where the operations are taking place, or to any adjoining lands, woodlands, march fences or other things.
(3) A beneficiary must not plough up rough grazings and other semi-natural areas without approval under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(1).
S.S.I. 2006/582, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/614, S.S.I. 2008/202, S.S.I. 2010/460, S.I. 2011/1043 and S.S.I. 2013/177.