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Paragraph 1 General

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(1)

Subject to paragraphs 2 to 4 below, for each field or part field of set-aside land, a farmer shall comply with such conditions set out in the following paragraphs as relate to one of the following management options—

(a)

the Grassland Option referred to in paragraph 5 below;

(b)

the Natural Regeneration Option referred to in paragraph 6 below;

(c)

the Wild Bird Cover Option referred to in paragraph 7 below; or

(d)

where part only of a field is set aside, the Field Margins Option referred to in paragraph 8 below.

(2)

Any requirement to establish a green cover, when included in one of the above management options, shall, except as otherwise provided by this Schedule, be taken to require that that cover be established by the start of the green cover season.

(3)

Any requirement to maintain a green cover, when included in one of the above management options shall except as otherwise provided by this Schedule, be taken to require that that cover be maintained—

(a)

in the case of a green cover established on penalty set-aside land or rotational set-aside land, until the end of the green cover season;

(b)

in the case of a green cover established on flexible set-aside land (except for guaranteed set-aside land), until the end of the green cover season in the final year in which that land is set aside; and

(c)

in the case of guaranteed set-aside land, until the end of the set-aside period relating to that land,

except as otherwise provieded by this Schedule.