# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996, Paragraph 3: The Natural Regeneration Option


In each field or part field to be managed in accordance with the Natural Regeneration Option (referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) above), a farmer–
(a) subject to paragraph 8 below, shall establish a green cover by the start of the current green cover season by allowing natural regeneration of the herbage seed crop or combinable crop (other than a crop including maize or legumes) (as referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b)(i) above) unless the field or part field was set aside in the previous scheme year, was managed during that scheme year in accordance with the Natural Regeneration Option, and the green cover established in accordance with the requirements of that option has been maintained until the beginning of the current green cover season,
(b) subject to paragraphs 9, 14 and 15 below, maintain the green cover thereafter–
(i) where the field or part field is not to be set aside in the following scheme year or is to be used as land set aside for non-food purposes in the following scheme year, until the end of the current green cover season, or
(ii) if the field or part field is to be set aside in the following scheme year (but is not to be used as land set aside for non-food purposes), to the end of the current scheme year; and
(c) shall cut or destroy the green cover in accordance with paragraph 7 below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3142/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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