- Location
- Central Scotland
The Ragwort control act 2003 only permits the minister to develop a code containing guidance - in short it does nothing. The Weeds Act 1959 also did nothing. Its up to landowners what they do - but its good practice and good neighbourlyness not to allow weeds to spread to your neighbours.notifiable may have been the wrong word
The Weeds Act 1959, is the earliest, which lists noxious weeds whose spread must be controlled.
Included under this Act are:
They are all native species but were deemed problematic in the post war drive for agricultural efficiency and self sufficiency in food. As mentioned above Ragwort is the most notorious and it was the threatened repeal of the Weeds Act that fired the public debate which eventually led to the Ragwort Control Act 2003.
- Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
- Broadleaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
- Curled leaved Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Spear Thistle (Circium vulgare)
- Creeping Thistle (Circium arvensis)