# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1995, Paragraph 6: The Natural Regeneration Option


In each field to be managed in accordance with the Natural Regeneration Option, a farmer—
(a) shall establish a green cover by allowing natural regeneration of—
(i) the previous herbage seed crop or combinable crop (other than a crop including maize or legumes); or
(ii) with the consent in writing of the Minister, any other crop;
and maintain it thereafter;
(b) shall not carry out any operation likely to inhibit the establishment or maintenance of that green cover except that—
(i) in the first 12 months that the field is set aside; and
(ii) if the Minister consents, in subsequent years in which the field remains set aside,
the farmer may disc or shallow cultivate the field; and
(c) shall cut the green cover in accordance with paragraph 9 below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1738/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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