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Paragraph 3 Establishment and retention of plant cover

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Notwithstanding the requirement in paragraph 2 above, the beneficiary may destroy the plant cover by cultivation where this is necessary—

(a)

in order to prepare for the production of a crop, provided that the destruction of the plant cover does not take place before 1st August preceding the establishment of that crop; or

(b)

in order to control the spread of weeds, provided that where plant cover is destroyed for this purpose it shall be re-established as soon as practicable thereafter; or

(c)

in order to prepare for the establishment of an alternative plant cover, provided that that alternative cover is established as soon as practicable after the destruction of the previous cover.