# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, 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 or under regulations 5, 7, 8 or 11 of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 and its application is not outside the coverage of the uses for which it has been approved,
and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1738/schedule/2/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-24
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