{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1441",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "As regards any meadowland which is subject to the agreement, requirements to the effect that–\n(a) the farmer shall maintain it as meadowland for the length of the agreement;\n(b) the farmer shall not cultivate the meadowland except with a chain harrow or roller, and shall carry out any such cultivation as soon as possible in the spring once stock have been removed;\n(c) the farmer shall exclude stock from meadowland at least seven weeks before the first cut for hay or silage and at the latest by 1st June in any given year;\n(d) the farmer shall not take the first cut of grass from meadowland for hay or silage before 8th July in any given year, and in accordance with a programme of cutting agreed with the Minister either–\n(i) at least one year in every five he shall make the first cut after 22nd July, or\n(ii) he shall agree to cut at least 20% of the meadowland after 22nd July in each year of the agreement,\nand he shall have regard to the welfare of fledglings of ground nesting birds when planning such cuts;\n(e) the farmer shall wilt and turn grass cut for silage from meadowland before removing it;\n(f) the farmer shall graze the aftermath of any cutting with livestock.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1441/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:35.775815+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."
}