{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-basic-payment-and-support-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Short rotation coppice",
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 4(1)(k) ... of the Direct Payments Regulation—\n(a) the list of planted tree species is—\n(i) Alder (Alnus spp);\n(ii) Birch (Betula spp);\n(iii) Hazel (Corylus avellana);\n(iv) Ash (Fraxinus excelsior);\n(v) Lime (Tilia cordata);\n(vi) Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa);\n(vii) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus);\n(viii) Willow (Salix spp); and\n(ix) Poplar (Populus spp);\n(b) the maximum harvest cycle is 5 years.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16 omitted (24.2.2020) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments to Farmers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/22), regs. 1(1), 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/191/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:05.054345+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}