The Habitats (Scotland) Regulations 1994

Regulations 3(3) and 5

PART II MANAGMENT REQUIREMENTS(20 YEAR OPTION)

1.  The management requirements set out in this Part of this Schedule shall apply where an applicant has given an undertaking under regulation 3(2)(a)(iii).

2.  The farmer shall not use the habitat site for agricultural production and livestock must be excluded.

3.  The farmer shall not treat the habitat site with fertiliser (including farmyard manure and slurry), lime, herbicides or pesticides, except for weed wiper or spot control of statutory weeds using non-residual herbicides. With the prior consent of the Secretary of State, other application methods may be used and other plants may also be treated with a non-residual herbicide.

4.  The farmer shall specify a mowing regime, which shall take into account the interests of wildlife. Cuttings must be removed from the habitat site, not used for silage, hay, or fed to livestock and must not cause pollution.

5.  The farmer shall manage water levels on the habitat site as necessary to enhance the conservation interest of the area.

6.  The farmer shall remove invasive species as necessary on the habitat site to deal with the situation where reversion to woodland seems likely.

7.  The farmer shall encourage the extension of the reed beds, sedges, rushes and irises where the habitat site is adjacent to such vegetation. Where natural regeneration is unlikely or unsuccessful the farmer shall introduce species typical of the locality.

8.  The farmer shall avoid damaging the habitat site by agricultural improvement works, ploughing, new drainage works or cultivations.

9.  The farmer shall not damage, destroy or remove dykes, walls, hedges, traditional weatherproof farm buildings or features of historical or archaeological interest or value, lochs, ponds or streams on or adjacent to the habitat site.

10.  The farmer shall not manage adjacent land so as to adversely affect the conservation value of the habitat site.