Paragraph 2 Application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 2(b)(ii) words substituted by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 11
Sch. 3 para. 3(1) modified by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 12
Sch. 3 para. 3(1) word substituted by Abolition of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce (Consequential Provisions) 2001 reg. 3(10)(b)
Sch. 3 para. 3(1) words substituted by Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce (Abolition) 2001 reg. 7(12)

If a farmer applies any fertiliser or waste to the set-aside land he shall only do so–

(a)

in accordance with the needs of the specified raw materials being produced on it; and

(b)

in a manner which is consistent–

(i)

where the land is in England and Wales, with the Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Water approved by the Water (Prevention of Pollution) (Code of Practice) Order 1991^f1; and

(ii)

where the land is in Scotland, with the provisions of the Code of Good Practice for the Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity approved by the Water (Prevention of Pollution) (Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 1992^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1991/2285, having effect as if approved under section 97 of the Water Resources Act 1991 by virtue of section 2(2) and paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 2 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (1991 c. 60).
f2: S.I. 1992/395 (S.39).