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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-farm-payment-and-support-schemes-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-farm-payment-and-support-schemes-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Green Cover Option",
  "text": "(1) In respect of each field or part of a field to be managed in accordance with the Green Cover Option, a farmer shall–\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 6, establish a green cover by the start of the current set-aside period by sowing–\n(i) grass seed;\n(ii) a mixture of grass seed and the seed of native broad-leaved plants not commonly used for agricultural production (which mixture shall not contain more than 50 per cent by weight of legumes);\n(iii) mustard seed; or\n(iv) phacelia seed;\n(b) subject to paragraphs 7, 11 and 12, maintain the green cover thereafter until the end of the relevant period; and\n(c) cut or destroy the green cover in accordance with paragraph 5.\n(2) The requirement to establish a green cover in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply where–\n(a) in 2005–\n(i) the field or part of a field was set aside in 2004 pursuant to Article 6 of Council Regulation 1251/1999;\n(ii) the field or part of a field was managed during that year in accordance with the grassland option set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996; and\n(iii) the green cover established in accordance with the requirements of that option has been maintained until the beginning of the current scheme year; and\n(b) in 2006 and thereafter–\n(i) the field or part of a field was set aside in the previous year;\n(ii) the field or part of a field was managed during that year in accordance with the sown green cover option; and\n(iii) the green cover established in accordance with the requirements of that option has been maintained until the beginning of the current scheme year.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 18.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
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