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1. The criteria are—S
(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.