# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, Paragraph 2: General


(1) If—
(a) a farmer applies in writing to the Minister for permission to manage set-aside land in accordance with a management plan set out in his application; and
(b) the written consent of the Minister to this plan is obtained,
the farmer shall, following the grant of that consent, manage the land in accordance with that management plan.
(2) Where environmental transferred set-aside land lies with a Nitrate Sensitive Area (as described in regulation 9(3)(b), then a farmer must comply with the conditions of the Grassland Option referred to in paragraph 5 below in respect of that land.

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