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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/269",
  "legislation_title": "Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The farmer shall—\n(a) prepare and follow a nutrient management plan;\n(b) retain and not damage any habitat, landscape or water feature, or heritage feature;\n(c) retain existing field boundaries and not remove any hedge, tree, copses, scrub, ditch, dyke or wall or any part thereof, except with the prior written permission of the Department;\n(d) maintain open drains and sheughs in accordance with the written advice of the Department;\n(e) keep the eligible land free from rubbish and litter;\n(f) seek the permission of the Department before undertaking work which may have a detrimental impact on any habitat, landscape feature or heritage feature;\n(g) comply with the Codes of Good Agricultural Practice for the protection of—\n(i) soil;\n(ii) air; and\n(iii) water,\npublished by the Department; and\n(h) comply with the Good Farming Practice for the Environment published by the Department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Soil ISBN 1 85527 1591 (1995)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Air ISBN 1 85527 1605, 1613, (1995)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Water ISBN 1 85527 057 9, 059 5, 112 5, 115, 114 1, 246 6, 351 9, 361 6 (1991-1999)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "ISBN 1 855 472 8"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/269/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:56.605011+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}