Paragraph 3 Capping

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

Sch. para. 18(2) words inserted by Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) 2009 reg. 17
Sch. Pt. 5 inserted by Common Agricultural Policy (Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes and Cross-Compliance) 2009 reg. 18
sch. para. 11(2)(b) words substituted by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) 2010 art. 8

(1)

In any field which is prone to capping, or where there is capping, a farmer must form a coarse seedbed or ensure that the farmer breaks any cap which forms so as not to cause erosion.

(2)

In this paragraph, “capping” means soil particles which run together when wet, and dry so as to form a crust on the surface of the soil; and “cap” shall be construed accordingly.