# The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996, Paragraph 8: Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside land


(1) In relation to each field or part field to which this paragraph is applied by virtue of any of paragraphs 2 to 6 above, a farmer shall by virtue of this provision be treated as having been exempted from a requirement to establish a green cover by the start of the current green cover season where he satisfies the Minister that for climatic reasons it was not practicable for there to be such a green cover by that time, in which case he shall establish a green cover as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
(2) In relation to each field or part field to which this paragraph is applied by virtue of any of paragraphs 2 to 6 above, a farmer need not establish a green cover on–
(a) a strip of land up to 1 metre wide at the edge of the land set aside, where the land set aside adjoins land planted with a crop other than a seed crop;
(b) a strip of land up to 2 metres wide at the edge of land set aside, where the land set aside adjoins land planted with a seed crop; or
(c) a strip of land up to 5 metres wide at the edge of the land set aside in any place where vehicular access to that land from a road or track adjacent to that land may be possible, provided that the strip is ploughed and left as bare fallow.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3142/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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