Paragraph 24 Application of fungicides, insecticides and herbicides to the set-aside land

Subject to paragraph 25 below, a farmer shall not apply herbicide to the set-aside land unless—

(a)

it is of a type which either—

(i)

is absorbed into a plant primarily through the leaves and stem; or

(ii)

has been approved by the Ministers under regulation 5 of the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986^f1 or under regulations 5, 7, 8 or 11 of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995^f2 and its application is not outside the coverage of the uses for which it has been approved,

(b)

such application, if undertaken on guaranteed set-aside land or prior to 15th April in any calendar year on any other form of set-aside land—

(i)

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

(ii)

is made prior to replacing green cover on the land in accordance with paragraph 16 above;

(iii)

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

(iv)

is undertaken in order to create or maintain a strip permitted by paragraph 4 above.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1986/1510.
f2: S.I. 1995/887.