# Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 6: The Penalty Set-Aside/Existing Crop Option

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In each field or part field to be managed in accordance with the Penalty Set-Aside/Existing Crop Option (referred to in paragraph 1(1)(e)) a farmer shall—
(a) subject to paragraphs 9, 14 and 15, maintain throughout the current green cover season any natural cover which develops on that land; and
(b) cut or destroy any natural cover which develops on the land in accordance with paragraph 7.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/477/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arable-area-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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