The Tir Cynnal (Wales) Regulations 2006

2. Introductory Text

1. Title, commencement and application

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Applications

5. 4. Power to enter into agreements

6. 5. Conditions for payment of aid

7. 6. Payments

8. 7. Claims

9. 8. Financial Limits

10. 9. Late claims

11. 10. Notification of change of occupation

12. 11. Amounts of aid

13. 12. Obligation to permit entry and inspection

14. 13. Withholding and recovery of aid

15. 14. Recovery of interest

16. 15. Recovery of payments

17. Signature

18. 1. SCHEDULE

       1. PART 1— WHOLE FARM SECTION

          1. Conditions to be complied with in relation to the whole...

       2. PART 2 — WILDLIFE HABITATS

          1. It is a requirement of the Tir Cynnal Scheme that...

          2. The main groups of wildlife habitats (which is not exhaustive)...

          3. Broad leaved woodland: woodland, with associated glades and rides, consisting...

          4. Scrub: areas dominated by native shrubs such as hawthorn, blackthorn,...

          5. Heathland: areas where at least 25% of the vegetation cover...

          6. High mountain heaths: which are more typically dominated by mosses,...

          7. Grassland: A range of habitats including unimproved grassland, semi-natural grassland,...

          8. Wetlands: Land types that include bogs, reedbeds swamps and fens....

          9. Coastal areas: Includes saltmarshes and sand dunes, in addition to...

          10. The list above defines the main types of habitats, but...

          11. Safeguarding Wildlife Habitats — Conditions

          12. If there is not enough land to satisfy the 5%...

          13. All hedgerows are protected in the scheme under the conditions...

          14. If the areas of habitat (together with eligible hedgerows if...

          15. There are seven habitat creation options available to the farmer...

          16. 1. Safeguarding Wildlife Habitats — Conditions

          17. 2. Reducing inputs to revert improved land to semi-improved

          18. 3. Leaving uncropped cereal margins on cereal land

          19. 4. Creating grass margins on cereal land

          20. 5. Small scale broad leaved tree planting

          21. 6. Establishing a wild bird cover crop

          22. 7. Establishing a crop of unsprayed roots.

          23. Prescriptions for the creation of a streamside corridor

          24. Prescriptions for reducing inputs to revert improved land to semi-improved land

          25. Prescriptions for leaving uncropped margins on cereal land

          26. Prescriptions for grass margins on cereal land

          27. Plus at least 3 kg/ha of either red clover, alsike clover or bird’s foot trefoil

          28. Prescriptions for small scale broad-leaved tree planting

          29. Prescriptions for the establishment of wild bird cover crop

          30. Prescriptions for establishment of unsprayed root crops

       3. PART 3 — FARM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

          1. Every participant will have to complete the farm resource management...

          2. Participants will be required to keep the document up to...

          3. The Plan will need to be prepared and shown to...

          4. If a farm produces, stores or disposes of slurry, farmyard...

          5. The Manure Management Plan must be completed within twelve months...

          6. If organic or inorganic fertiliser is applied to the agreement...

          7. The main part of the Resource Management Plan, and if...

       4. PART 4 — PAYMENTS

          1. Payment under the regulations will be on an annual basis...

          2. Payments will be made annually in arrears.

19. Explanatory Note