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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule/paragraph-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Capping",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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    {
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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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/518/schedule/paragraph/3",
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  "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."
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