{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-suffolk-river-valleys-designation-order-1987/schedule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-suffolk-river-valleys-designation-order-1987/schedule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2033",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-suffolk-river-valleys-designation-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS IN AGREEMENT TO OBTAIN HIGHER RATE OF PAYMENT (REVERSION TO GRASSLAND)",
  "text": "As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which has been continuously used in rotation for arable cropping since 31st August 1987—\n(1) The farmer shall cease arable production and shall establish a grassland sward within twelve months of the commencement of the agreement.\n(2) In the course of the period of twelve months from the commencement of the agreement the farmer shall consult the Minister as to the application of any substance intended to assist the establishment of a grassland sward, and in particular as to the application of—\n(a) any organic or inorganic fertiliser, or\n(b) lime, slag or any substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil.\n(3) After the expiry of the twelve-month period referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the farmer shall observe in relation to the newly-established grassland sward either the requirements laid down in Schedule 1 paragraph 1 (subject to sub-paragraph 4 below) or the requirements laid down in Schedule 2.\n(4) Where the farmer elects to observe the requirements of Schedule 1 paragraph 1 in relation to the newly-established grassland sward, he shall apply no more than 125 kilogrammes of nitrogen per hectare per year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1988/1645",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland and Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1988"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2033/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:01.943512+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."
}