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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/518",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Wind erosion",
  "text": "In relation to an area of land prone to wind erosion of the soil, a farmer must reduce the risk of soil loss during the spring by planting and maintaining on or in relation to that field, until a crop is established in that area,–\n(a) crop cover by another crop;\n(b) coarse seedbeds;\n(c) shelter belts; or\n(d) nurse crops to protect other crops grown on the land,\nor taking other measures with equivalent effect to the establishment of one of those features.",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/391",
      "affecting_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2009/391",
      "affecting_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2010/222",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2010"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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