Paragraph 9 Use of Fertilisers, Pesticides, Herbicides and Fungicides on the Set-Aside Land

Subject to paragraph 10 below a farmer shall not apply herbicide to the set-aside land unless—

(a)

it is of a type which is absorbed into a plant primarily through the leaves and stem; and

(b)

such application if undertaken before 15th April—

(i)

is not likely significantly to damage green cover on the land;

(ii)

is undertaken using herbicide applied either as a spot treatment or with a wick applicator; or

(iii)

is undertaken in order to create or maintain the bare fallow strip permitted under paragraph 1(4) above.