# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, Paragraph 11: Exemptions from the requirement to maintain a green cover on set-aside land


(1) A farmer shall be exempt from the requirement to maintain a green cover on set-aside land (except for guaranteed set-aside land and environmental transferred set-aside land) following the application of herbicide, where herbicide is applied to the land on or after 15th April in accordance with paragraph 24 or 25(a) below, from the time of the application until (where the land is to remain set aside in the next scheme year) the commencement of the next green cover season.
(2) The Minister shall on the application of a farmer treat him as having been exempted from any requirement set out in paragraph 1(3) above, where he provides evidence sufficient to satisfy the Minister that the green cover which he established failed and he could not reasonably have prevented such failure, from the time of the failure until (where the land is to remain set aside in the next scheme year) the commencement of the next green cover season.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1738/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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