SCHEDULE 1Standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition
F1Converting, ploughing or reseeding land designated as environmentally sensitive permanent grassland16
1
A beneficiary may only convert, plough or reseed certain areas of environmentally sensitive permanent grassland if—
a
the site of special scientific interest notification requires or allows the beneficiary to plough or convert certain areas of the site of special scientific interest; or
b
consent to do so has been provided by Natural Resources Wales.
2
In this paragraph—
“environmentally sensitive permanent grassland” (“glaswelltir parhaol amgylcheddol-sensitif”) means—
- a
grassland located in a site of special scientific interest; and
- b
grassland in relation to which written consent to plough is required in accordance with section 28E(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 but such consent has not been obtained;
- a
“site of special scientific interest” (“safle o ddiddordeb gwyddonol arbennig”) has the meaning given in section 52(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.