# Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 16: Use of the green cover

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A farmer shall ensure that, subject to sub-paragraph (2), no green cover or cuttings produced by cutting any green cover are used for any commercial or agricultural purpose.
(2) A farmer may use any such green cover or cuttings for permitted agricultural production.
(3) A farmer shall ensure that no green cover established in accordance with this Schedule is burnt, except with the prior consent of the Department.
(4) A farmer shall ensure that no cuttings produced by cutting the green cover are—
(a) removed from the set-aside land except in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or with the prior consent of the Department; or
(b) burnt on the set-aside land except with the prior consent of the Department.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/477/schedule/2/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-16
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