- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Farmer or Animal Keeper10
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Farmer or Animal Keeper — also bound by 80 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
sch. para. 1
The farmer shall avoid damaging rough grazings (including heather moorland),...
Regulated
- Avoid damaging environmentally sensitive habitats on your farmFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 10
The farmer shall prepare and agree with the Secretary of...
Regulated
- Prepare and agree a farm conservation plan with the Secretary of StateFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 2
The farmer shall avoid damaging rough grazings (including heather moorland),...
Regulated
- Avoid damaging environmentally sensitive land features through poaching, feeding or overgrazingFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 3
The farmer shall not apply herbicides, pesticides, lime or fertiliser...
Regulated
- Do not apply most chemicals or fertilisers to sensitive land without approvalFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 4
The farmer shall make any muirburn in accordance with the...
Regulated
- Carry out muirburn according to heather burning standardsFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 5
The farmer shall undertake to farm in accordance with the...
Regulated
- Follow the Code of Good Practice to prevent pollution from farmingFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 6
The farmer shall not remove any dykes, walls, hedges or...
Regulated
- Maintain and manage field boundaries; do not remove without authorisationFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 7
The farmer shall avoid damaging or destroying any features or...
Regulated
- Avoid damaging or destroying historic or archaeological features and follow guidanceFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 8
The farmer shall preserve the amenity value of the landscape...
Regulated
- Remove and screen unsightly waste and abandoned vehicles on your farmFarmer or Animal Keeper
sch. para. 9
The farmer shall obtain prior written approval from the Secretary...
Regulated
- Obtain prior written approval for vehicular track worksFarmer or Animal Keeper
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art003
Designation of environmentally sensitive area
s.art004
Requirements to be included in agreement
s.art005
Provisions as to breach of requirements to be included in agreement
s.art006
Rates of payment under agreement
s.art007
Where an agreement identifies expenditure required to undertake additional farming...
s.art008
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Loch Lomond) Designation Order 1987(), and...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.