# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, Paragraph 13: Cultivation of the set-aside land and replacement of the green cover


(1) A farmer may—
(a) cultivate the land (except where the land is guaranteed set-aside land or environmental transferred set-aside land) for the purpose of controlling weeds at any time on or after 1st May prior to the end of the set-aside period;
(b) make (subject to sub-paragraph (2) below) preparations for sowing and sow any arable crop, temporary grass ley or traditional forage crop on or after the final 15th July prior to the end of the set-aside period.
(2) A farmer may neither sow nor make preparations for sowing an arable crop, temporary grass ley or traditional forage crop, as otherwise permitted by sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a) in any field or part of a field which he intends to set aside in the following scheme year;
(b) in relation to a crop of a species or variety where, if the farmer followed standard agricultural practice in the locality in which that crop is sown, it would be expected that it would be harvested within the same scheme year as it is sown; or
(c) where the farmer intends to harvest any crop so sown within the same scheme year as it is sown.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a traditional forage crop is a crop of a type commonly sown in the locality of the set-aside land for the purpose of being grazed by animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1738/schedule/2/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-13
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