# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, Paragraph 31: Permitted agricultural production


(1) A farmer may undertake permitted agricultural production on guaranteed set-aside land only to such extent as does not result in overgrazing of that land.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, “overgrazing” means grazing or otherwise stocking land with livestock in such numbers as adversely to affect the growth, quality or species composition on that land with livestock in such numbers as adversely to affect the growth, quality or species composition on that land to a significant degree.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1738/schedule/2/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-31
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