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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1352",
  "legislation_title": "The Set-Aside Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-regulations-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Establishment and retention of plant cover",
  "text": "Notwithstanding the requirement in paragraph 2 above, the beneficiary may destroy the plant cover by cultivation where this is necessary—\n(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\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1042",
      "affecting_title": "The Set-Aside (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1716",
      "affecting_title": "The M32 Motorway (Hambrook Interchange to Lower Ashley Road Interchange) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1716",
      "affecting_title": "The M32 Motorway (Hambrook Interchange to Lower Ashley Road Interchange) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1352/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:01:27.402993+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}