# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation Order 1997, Paragraph 2: Option 3


A provision to the effect that, notwithstanding paragraph 1(b) above, the farmer may cultivate and apply herbicides to that part of the strip up to 1 metre wide which adjoins a field boundary where it is desirable so to do in order to maintain a sterile area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1443/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-order-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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