Paragraph 8 Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside landI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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

Sch. 2 para. 1 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 2 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 3 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
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Sch. 2 para. 8 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
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Sch. 2 para. 22 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
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Sch. 2 para. 24 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 25 coming into force by Arable Area Payments 1997 reg. 1

(1)

In relation to each field or part field to which this paragraph is applied by virtue of any of paragraphs 2 to 6, 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 Department 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, 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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 8 in operation at 12.12.1997, see reg. 1