Regulation 7 Undertakings by farmer

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 7(1) words in reg. 7 substituted and renumbered as reg. 7(1) by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(a)
reg. 7(1)(b)(ii) words substituted by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(b)
reg. 7(2)-(7) added by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(c)
reg. 7(1)(b)(ii) words inserted by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(a)
reg. 7(2) words and comma inserted by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(b)
reg. 7(5) words and comma inserted by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(b)
reg. 7(6) words added by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(c)
reg. 7(8)-(10) added by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1995 reg. 2(4)(d)
reg. 7(1) words substituted by Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1998 reg. 7

The undertakings referred to in regulation 3(1)(d) are undertakings that the farmer will, for a period of five consecutive years commencing on 1st October in the year in which his application for aid is made—

(a)

comply with the requirements set out in Schedule 2 in relation to all land which is in the nitrate sensitive area and which is on the farmer’s holding;

(b)

subject to the following sub-paragraphs of this regulation, comply, in relation to each field or part field in respect of which the application is made, with the requirements set out in whichever of Schedules 3, 4 or 5 is appropriate for the scheme for which application is made, namely—

(i)

where the application is for aid under the basic scheme, Schedule 3 (including the requirements of either Option A or Option B in that Schedule),

(ii)

where the application is for aid under the premium arable scheme, Schedule 4 (including the requirements of one of Options A, B, C or D in that Schedule),

(iii)

where the application is for aid under the premium grass scheme, Schedule 5;

(c)

where the application is for aid under the basic scheme, comply with the requirements set out in paragraph (8) of Schedule 3 in relation to all land which is in the nitrate sensitive area and which is on the farmer’s holding;

(d)

where the application is for aid under the premium arable scheme, comply with the requirements set out in paragraph (2) of Schedule 4 in relation to all land which is in the nitrate sensitive area and which is on the farmer’s holding; and

(e)

where the application is for aid under the premium grass scheme, comply with the requirements set out in paragraph (6) of Schedule 5 in relation to all land which is in the nitrate sensitive area and which is on the farmer’s holding.