# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993, Schedule 2: ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (ARABLE REVERSION)


As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement which is suitable for reversion to permanent grassland and which on 31st August 1992 was in arable cropping or had been in ley management for less than five years as part of an arable rotation–
(1) the farmer shall cease arable production or ley management and establish a grassland sward within twelve months of the start of the agreement using grass species approved by the Minister;
(2) during a period of twelve months from the start of the agreement the farmer shall not apply–
(a) any organic or inorganic fertiliser;
(b) lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil;
(c) any fungicide, insecticide or herbicide,
without obtaining the Minister’s prior approval;
(3) the farmer shall cut the grassland sward referred to in subparagraph (1) above during each of the first three years following its establishment, remove the cuttings as hay and graze the aftermath with livestock. He shall not cut the sward before 1st July in any year;
(4) in addition to observing the requirements of Schedule 1 paragraph 4 above from the start of the agreement, after the expiry of the twelve month period referred to in subparagraph (1) above, he shall observe the requirements of Schedule 1 paragraphs 1 and 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/459/schedule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-test-valley-designation-order-1993/schedule-2
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