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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-wessex-downs-designation-order-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/86",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-wessex-downs-designation-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Option 4—Permanent Grassland Enhancement",
  "text": "As regards any permanent grassland which is the subject of an agreement–\n(1) the farmer shall not use a chain harrow or roller between 31st March and 1st July in any year;\n(2) the farmer shall exclude stock at least seven weeks before the first cut for hay or silage;\n(3) the farmer shall not apply inorganic or organic fertiliser;\n(4) the farmer shall not top or cut the grass before 1st July or after 31st August in any year;\n(5) in relation to any grassland which has not been cut for hay or silage, the farmer shall either top one half of that grassland each year, or shall top the whole of the grassland once in every two years;\n(6) the farmer shall observe the requirements of Schedule 1, paragraph 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) to (6) inclusive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1309",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3104",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (revoked)"
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    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1370",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1370",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1370",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Wessex Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amendment made by S.I. 1996/3104, reg. 3 revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1295",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Revocation of Specified Provisions) Regulations 1998 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/86/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:40.143846+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."
}