{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2969",
  "legislation_title": "The Arable Area Payments (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) after the definition of “Commission Regulation 334/93” the following definitions shall be inserted—\n““Commission Regulation 1586/97” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1586/97 laying down detailed implementing rules for the use of set-aside land for the provision of materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption;\n“Commission Regulation 334/93 or Commission 1586/97, as the case may be” means—\n(i) in relation to contracts entered into before 10th August 1997, Commission Regulation 334/97; and\n(ii) in relation to contracts entered into on or after 10th August 1997, Commission Regulation 1586/97;”;\n(ii) after the words “Commission Regulation 334/93” in the definitions of “land set aside for non-food purposes”, “set aside” and “specified raw materials”, there shall be inserted the words “or Commission Regulation 1586/97, as the case may be”;\n(iii) for the definition “organic waste” there shall be substituted the following definition—\n““organic waste” means—\n(a) in relation to the application of organic waste to environmental transferred set-aside land, waste material produced by any work carried out for the maintenance of a tree, hedge, stream or ditch; and\n(b) in relation to the application of organic waste to any other set-aside land, waste material produced by or from animals or plants as a by-product of agricultural production, including animal bedding;”;\n(iv) in the definition of “set-aside requirement”, after the words “Article 2(5)” there shall be inserted the word “of”;\n(v) the definition of “shallow cultivate” shall be deleted; and\n(b) in paragraph (3), for the words “these Regulations”, where they appear for the second time, there shall be substituted the words “the Arable Area Payments (Amendment) Regulations 1997”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L38, 16.2.93, p.12, repealed by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1586/97 (OJ No. L215, 7.8.97, p.3), but continues to apply in respect of contracts concluded before the entry into force of Commission Regulation 1586/97."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L215, 7.8.97, p.3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2969/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:41.785238+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}