The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
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Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Designation
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Good agricultural and environmental condition
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Permanent pasture
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Competent control authority
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Powers of authorised persons
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Assistance to authorised persons
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Offences and penalties
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Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
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Amendment of the Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
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Revocation
SCHEDULE
GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
PART I
Protection of soil from erosion
Minimum soil cover
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Winter soil cover and final seedbeds
Minimum land management reflecting site-specific conditions
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Wind erosion
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Capping
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Watercourses, watering points and feeding areas
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Field drains
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Muirburning
PART II
Practices to maintain soil organic matter levels
Standards for crop rotations where applicable
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Arable break crops or the application of organic materials
Arable stubble management
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Incorporation of livestock manures
PART III
Maintenance of soil structure
Appropriate machinery use
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Machinery use for planting or sowing
PART IV
Minimum level of maintenance and prevention of deterioration of habitats
Minimum livestock stocking rates and appropriate regimes
10
Undergrazing
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Overgrazing
Protection of permanent pasture
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Pasture land of environmental or archaeological value
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Works on rough grazings and other semi-natural areas
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Pesticides, lime and fertiliser on rough grazings and other semi-natural areas
Retention of landscape features
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Boundary features
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Landscape features
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Protected historic environment
Avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land
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Encroachment of vegetation
PART V
Protection and management of water
Protect water against pollution and run-off, and manage the use of water
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Water abstraction
20
Establishment of buffer strips along water courses
2011 No. 415

Agriculture

The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
Made
22nd November 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
24th November 2011
Coming into force
1st January 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for references to EU instruments to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and was amended by the 2008 Act, Schedule, Part 1.