{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2025/101",
  "legislation_title": "The Farming with Nature Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Eligible scheme actions; Arable – grass margin between 3 and 12 metres",
  "text": "An applicant creating a grass margin on arable land between 3 and 12 metres wide must–\n(a) not create it on permanent grassland sensitive areas;\n(b) not apply–\n(i) organic fertilisers;\n(ii) inorganic fertilisers; or\n(iii) lime;\n(c) not apply plant protection products, except for the spot treatment of noxious or invasive weeds;\n(d) create it along part or for the entire field boundary, where the main field crop is cereal in line with normal husbandry practice;\n(e) create it in a minimum area of 0.1 hectare;\n(f) establish it using an untreated seed mix of tussock forming grasses and fine grasses listed in Table 1 of Schedule 6;\n(g) protect it from grazing and damage by livestock or machinery;\n(h) retain evidence, as the Department may specify, of the seed mix used;\n(i) establish it by 28th February 2027; and\n(j) retain it for at least 5 years beginning with 28th February 2027.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 7-14 and cross-heading inserted (25.6.2026) by The Farming with Nature Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/105), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/101/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:25:53.048342+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."
}