Regulation 3 Amendment of the Smallholdings (Full-Time Employment) Regulations 1970

(1)

In paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule, for the word “acres” in each place where it appears, there shall be substituted the word “hectares”.

(2)

For the table in the Schedule there shall be substituted the following table:

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Table

Crops Standard man-days (per hectare)

Wheat… 4.9
Barley… 4.9
Oats… 7.4
Mixed corn… 7.4
Rye for threshing… 6.2
Potatoes,
first early… 37.1
main crop and second early… 37.1
Beans for stockfeeding… 7.4
Turnips, swedes and fodder beet for stockfeeding… 22.2
Mangolds… 27.2
Rape or cole for stockfeeding… 2.5
Kale for stockfeeding… 3.7
Cabbage, savoys and kohlrabi for stockfeeding… 12.4
Mustard for seed, fodder or ploughing-in… 7.4.
Other crops for stockfeeding (inc. vetches and tares but not lucerne and grasses)… 7.4
Sugar beet… 24.7
Hops… 173
Orchards grown commercially… 56.8
Orchards not grown commercially… 2.5
Small fruit:
Strawberries… 173
Raspberries… 197.7
Currants, black… 98.8
Gooseberries… 98.8
Other small fruit… 148.3
All brassicas… 49.4
Carrots, earlies… 148.3
Carrots, main crop… 24.7
Parsnips… 61.8
Turnips and swedes… 49.4
Beetroot (red beet)… 74.1
Onions, salad… 247.1
Onions, harvesting dry… 61.8
Beans, broad… 74.1
Beans, runner:
bush… 74.1
climbing… 197.7
Beans, French… 61.8
Peas, green for market… 74.1
Peas, all others for processing… 7.4
Celery… 98.8
Lettuce, not under glass… 74.1
Other vegetables and mixed areas… 123.6
Hardy nursery stock… 123.6
Bulbs… 247.1
Other flowers not under glass… 617.8
Crops under glass or sheds… 3212.3
Other crops not for feeding to farm livestock… 7.4
Bare fallow… 1.2
Lucerne… 3.1
Clover, sainfoin and temporary grasses… 1.9
Permanent grass… 1.2
Dairy cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk… 10
Dairy heifers in calf… 3.5
Beef cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk… 3
Bulls being used for service… 6
All other cattle… 2.5
Ewes… 0.7
Rams… 0.7
Wethers and other sheep 1 year old and over… 0.2
breeding sows and gilts… 4
Boars… 4
Other pigs over 2 months old… 1
Poultry
—Hens and pullets (other than growing pullets), geese and turkeys… 0.1
—Fowls for breeding… 0.2
—Ducks… 0.2
—Broilers, growing pullets and other table fowl… 0.1

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Crops	Standard man-days (per hectare)
Wheat…	4.9
Barley…	4.9
Oats…	7.4
Mixed corn…	7.4
Rye for threshing…	6.2
Potatoes,
first early…	37.1
main crop and second early…	37.1
Beans for stockfeeding…	7.4
Turnips, swedes and fodder beet for stockfeeding…	22.2
Mangolds…	27.2
Rape or cole for stockfeeding…	2.5
Kale for stockfeeding…	3.7
Cabbage, savoys and kohlrabi for stockfeeding…	12.4
Mustard for seed, fodder or ploughing-in…	7.4.
Other crops for stockfeeding (inc. vetches and tares but not lucerne and grasses)…	7.4
Sugar beet…	24.7
Hops…	173
Orchards grown commercially…	56.8
Orchards not grown commercially…	2.5
Small fruit:
Strawberries…	173
Raspberries…	197.7
Currants, black…	98.8
Gooseberries…	98.8
Other small fruit…	148.3
All brassicas…	49.4
Carrots, earlies…	148.3
Carrots, main crop…	24.7
Parsnips…	61.8
Turnips and swedes…	49.4
Beetroot (red beet)…	74.1
Onions, salad…	247.1
Onions, harvesting dry…	61.8
Beans, broad…	74.1
Beans, runner:
bush…	74.1
climbing…	197.7
Beans, French…	61.8
Peas, green for market…	74.1
Peas, all others for processing…	7.4
Celery…	98.8
Lettuce, not under glass…	74.1
Other vegetables and mixed areas…	123.6
Hardy nursery stock…	123.6
Bulbs…	247.1
Other flowers not under glass…	617.8
Crops under glass or sheds…	3212.3
Other crops not for feeding to farm livestock…	7.4
Bare fallow…	1.2
Lucerne…	3.1
Clover, sainfoin and temporary grasses…	1.9
Permanent grass…	1.2
Dairy cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk…	10
Dairy heifers in calf…	3.5
Beef cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk…	3
Bulls being used for service…	6
All other cattle…	2.5
Ewes…	0.7
Rams…	0.7
Wethers and other sheep 1 year old and over…	0.2
breeding sows and gilts…	4
Boars…	4
Other pigs over 2 months old…	1
Poultry
—Hens and pullets (other than growing pullets), geese and turkeys…	0.1
—Fowls for breeding…	0.2
—Ducks…	0.2
—Broilers, growing pullets and other table fowl…	0.1