# The Set-Aside (Amendment) Regulations 1990, Regulation 19: Amendment of Schedules


In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations:
(a) in the heading, for the words “set-aside land” there shall be substituted “permanent fallow or rotational fallow”;
(b) for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“1 (a) The beneficiary shall sow a plant cover immediately after the commencement of the set-aside period unless the crop or plant cover on the land immediately prior to the commencement of the set-aside period consisted of one or more of the following: common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, millet, canary seed, triticale, lucerne/alfalfa, sainfoin, clover, vetches, grass (whether for grazing or for herbage seed), mustard. If the beneficiary is prevented from establishing a plant cover by exceptional weather conditions, he shall do so as soon as practicable; or
(b) the beneficiary shall establish a plant cover immediately after the commencement of the set-aside period. If the crop planted in the year prior to the commencement of the set-aside period has not yet been harvested, the plant cover shall be established immediately after the harvest. If the beneficiary is prevented from establishing a plant cover by exceptional weather conditions, he shall do so as soon as practicable. The establishment of a plant cover may take the form of the regeneration of naturally-occurring vegetation.”.
(c) in paragraph 3(b) after the word “re-established” there shall be inserted the words “by sowing a plant cover”;
(d) in paragraph 3(c) after the word “established” there shall be inserted the words “by sowing a plant cover”;
(e) for paragraph 4 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“4 (a) The beneficiary shall cut the plant cover at least twice in every year, such cuts to be taken at intervals of at least 1 month and one such cut to be taken in the period between 30th June and 1st September; or
(b) the beneficiary shall cut the plant cover at least once in every year; and shall not in either case sell cuttings or use them for feeding livestock.”; and
(f) in paragraph 13:
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be omitted where it appears the second time; and
(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs:
“(c) all existing unimproved grassland, moorland and heath; and
(d) all existing vernacular buildings and stone walls,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1716/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-19
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