Regulation 12 Amendment of the principal RegulationsI1

for the words “regulation 7(b)(ii)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(1)(b)(ii)”;

for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs–

“(2)

the farmer shall maintain as grassland for as long as any undertaking of his remains extant–

(a)

all permanent grassland on his land within the nitrate sensitive area; and

(b)

any arable land converted to grassland, excluding grass leys, after 31st December 1991;

(2A)

the farmer shall also maintain as grassland, for the duration of any undertaking relating to it, the land converted in accordance with paragraph (1);”.