The Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005

Amendment of Schedule 2 (management activities)

7.  In Schedule 2 (management activities)–

(a)in item 7 d for “twice” substitute “three times”;

(b)in item 7 e for “twice yearly treatments” substitute “three treatments a year”;

(c)in item 8 in column 2 (site requirements) for “Eligible arable land and improved grassland not eligible for Arable Aid Area payments” substitute “Arable land and improved grassland”;

(d)in item 8 c after “possible” insert “and must be seed of at least UK stock”;

(e)in item 13 in column 2 (site requirements) for “Eligible arable” substitute “Arable”;

(f)in item 13 b after “for” insert “at least”;

(g)in item 14 a in column 3 (management requirements) after “Ministers;” insert “or where the particular conservation interest of the site would not be met by the above approach, a livestock management and grazing regime should be set out in a grazing plan to be agreed with the Scottish Ministers”;

(h)in item 14 b in column 2 (site requirements) omit “a minimum overall width of 6 metres”;

(i)in item 14 c in column 2 (site requirements) omit “on any one side”;

(j)in item 14 f omit “and” where it occurs the second time;

(k)after item 14 g insert–

“; and

(h)where an alternative management regime is proposed, evidence to support its adoption must accompany the application, for example a letter of support from, or a reference to advisory material produced by, a recognised conservation organisation.”;

(l)in item 17 in column 2 (site requirements) for “environmental” substitute “conservation” and for “an overgrazing problem identified under the livestock subsidy schemes” substitute “any identified overgrazing problem”;

(m)in item 19 d for “twice” substitute “three times”;

(n)in item 19 e for “twice yearly treatments” substitute “three treatments a year”;

(o)in item 20 e after “Grazing” insert “or topping”;

(p)in item 28 omit item 28 b, c, d, and e and insert–

(q)in item 33 in column 2 (site requirements) for “the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996(1) eligible” substitute “cereal, linseed, oilseed or protein”; and

(r)after item 34(2) insert–