# The Set-Aside Regulations 1988, Paragraph 11: Use of pesticides


Notwithstanding the requirement in paragraph 10 above, the appropriate Minister may authorise a beneficiary to apply herbicides provided that any herbicide used is of a type which is absorbed into the plant primarily through the leaves and the stem and which has little or no persistence in water and in the soil.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1352/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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