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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-payment-scheme-set-aside-wales-amendment-regulations-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/3101",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-single-payment-scheme-set-aside-wales-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations which apply in relation to Wales amend the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/45 W.4) (“the principal Regulations”).\nThe principal Regulations make provision in Wales for the administration of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 (O.J. No. L. 270, 21.10.2003, p.1) (“the Council Regulation”), Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 (O.J No. L. 141, 30.4.2004, p.1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 (O.J. No. L. 345, 20.11.2004, p.1) in relation to the obligation to set aside land under the Single Payment Scheme for farmers (“the Scheme”). The Scheme came into force on 1 January 2005.\nIn particular these Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in relation to the good agricultural and environmental conditions that apply to land set aside under the Scheme as follows —\n(i) they add further exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover by the commencement of the current green cover season (regulation 5(2));\n(ii) they add a provision allowing farmers to cultivate land set aside from production on or after 1 May which is organic land, for the purposes of controlling weeds (regulation 5(5));\n(iii) they remove the restriction on grazing after the set-aside period where the green cover has been replaced (regulation 5(6));\n(iv) they add two new paragraphs prohibiting the use of pesticides and herbicides on land set aside from production except in the circumstances set out (regulation 5(8)).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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