SCHEDULE 1Agricultural activity: further criteria

PART 1Criteria established for the purposes of Article 4(1)(c)(ii) of the Direct Payments Regulation: maintaining an agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation

1

The criteria are—

a

in respect of agricultural areas other than agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, a farmer must—

i

take action to control injurious weeds to which the Weeds Act 1959 M1 applies; and

ii

maintain access to those areas for livestock or farm machinery and, where those areas include permanent grassland, maintain existing stock proof boundaries and water sources for livestock; and

b

in respect of arable land, a farmer must take action to prevent the encroachment of scrub on that land.