(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Countryside Premium Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (“the principal Regulations”). These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
The principal Regulations provide for payment of a grant in respect of an undertaking to follow the general environmental conditions set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations and to carry out at least one of either the management activities set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations or the capital activities set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations.
These Regulations amend the management requirements in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations in respect of certain management activities. Those management activities are management of grassland for birds; management and creation of species–rich grassland; management and creation of wetland; management of water–margin; management of coastal heath; creation of grass–margin or beetlebank; creation of extended hedge; and management of scrub (regulation 2(2)(a) to (o)).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been carried out in respect of these Regulations.