# The Set-Aside Regulations 1988, Paragraph 3: Establishment and retention of plant cover


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1352/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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