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  "legislation_title": "Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
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  "heading": "Application of herbicides to the set-aside land",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a farmer shall not apply herbicide to the set-aside land concerned unless—\n(a) it is of a type which either—\n(i) is absorbed into a plant primarily through the leaves and stem, or\n(ii) has been approved by the Department under regulation 5 of the Control of Pesticides Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 or under regulation 5, 7, 8 or 11 of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and its application is not outside the coverage of the uses for which it has been approved; and\n(b) such application, if undertaken on guaranteed set-aside land or prior to 15th April in the current scheme year on any other form of set-aside land—\n(i) is not likely significantly to damage green cover on the land;\n(ii) is made prior to replacing green cover on the land in accordance with paragraph 15;\n(iii) is undertaken using herbicide applied either as a spot treatment or with a wick applicator; or\n(iv) is undertaken in order to create a bare fallow strip as permitted by paragraph 8(2), or to keep such a strip bare.\n(2) The Department shall on application from a farmer exempt him from the restriction imposed by sub-paragraph (1) so as to permit him to apply any herbicide to set-aside land in order to create a bare fallow strip permitted by paragraph 8(2) or keep such a strip bare, where the Department is satisfied that the application of herbicides in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b)(iv) has not been effective to prevent the growth of vegetation on that strip.",
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      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 20 in operation at 12.12.1997, see reg. 1"
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      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 414 as amended by S.R. 1997 No. 469"
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      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 371 as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 456 and S.R. 1997 No. 471"
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