{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/947",
  "legislation_title": "The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1994",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Cultivation of the Set-Aside Land and Replacement of the Green Cover",
  "text": "A farmer may—\n(a) cultivate the land for the purpose of controlling weeds at any time on or after 1st May prior to the end of the set-aside period;\n(b) make preparations for sowing and sow any arable crop or temporary grass ley on or after 15th July prior to the end of the set-aside period, provided that the farmer does not intend that any crop so sown should be harvested prior to 16th January following the end of the set-aside period;\n(c) replace the green cover at any time provided that—\n(i) such replacement is necessary—\n(aa) to control any serious infestation of weeds or pests or the spread of any disease; or\n(bb) for reasons of health or safety or pollution control approved by the Minister;\n(ii) seed sufficient to sow a replacement green cover is stored on land which the farmer farms as a single unit with the land set aside before replacement of the existing green cover is commenced;\n(iii) it is likely, having regard to the condition of the soil and expected climatic conditions, that sowing the stored seed at this time will result in the successful growth of a green cover; and\n(iv) that seed is sown as soon as is practicable after the destruction of the existing green cover.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/947/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:35:37.543462+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."
}