{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-the-broads-designation-order-1992/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-the-broads-designation-order-1992/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/54",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (The Broads) Designation Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-the-broads-designation-order-1992",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Option 2—Grassland Margins",
  "text": "As regards any strip which is the subject of an agreement—\n(1) Within twelve months of the commencement of the agreement the farmer shall cease arable production on the strip and shall establish a grass sward;\n(2) The farmer shall cut the strip twice annually after 30th June and shall remove the cuttings;\n(3) The farmer shall not apply to the strip—\n(a) organic or inorganic fertiliser,\n(b) lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil,\n(c) fungicides and insecticides;\n(4) Subject to subparagraph (5), the farmer shall not apply herbicides to the strip except to control nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broad-leaved dock or ragwort. Herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or spot treatment;\n(5) The farmer may cultivate and apply herbicides to that part of the strip which adjoins land in cultivation where it is desirable so to do in order to maintain a sterile area;\n(6) The farmer shall not damage the strip.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3104",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/54/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:31:01.492389+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."
}