Paragraph 4
As regards any moorland which is the subject of an agreement—
the farmer shall maintain the land and shall not excavate, plough, level, reseed, chain harrow, roll or otherwise cultivate;
the farmer shall not apply inorganic or organic fertiliser;
the farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any other substance designed to redice the acidity of the soil;
the farmer shall graze with livestock but not so as to cause paoching, undergrazing or overgrazing;
the farmer shall not increase existing stocking levels without the Minister’s prior written approval;
the farmer shall not use fungicides or insecticides;
the farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control bracken, nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock or ragwort or to carry out stump treatment of cleared scrub. Except in the case of bracken, herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or by spot treatment;
the farmer shall not provide supplementary feed except with the Minister’s prior written approval and shall restrict the provision of such feed to areas agreed in advance with the Minister. He shall use as supplementary feed only hay, mineral blocks of feed blocks;
within one year of the start of the agreement, the farmer shall agree with the Minister a programme for any necessary management of moorland vegetation;
the farmer shall agree any plan for temporary fencing in writing in advance with the Minister;(11)the farmer shall ensure by adequate stock management that livestock do not concentrate on or adjacent to vulnerable areas of heather, including heather margins and recently burnt heather, and that light grazing levels are maintained.