SCHEDULE 1ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION THAT APPLY IN RELATION TO LAND SET ASIDE FROM PRODUCTION

PART Amanagement options for land set aside from production

Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside land7

1

In each field or part of a field to which any of the options mentioned in paragraph 1(1) or (2) is applied, a farmer shall by virtue of this provision be treated as exempt from a requirement to establish a green cover by the start of the current green cover season, where he satisfies the Department that for climatic reasons it was not practicable for a green cover to be established by that time, and, where he is treated as exempt, he shall establish a green cover as soon as reasonably possible after the start of the green cover season.

2

In each field or part of a field to which any of the options mentioned in paragraph 1(1) or (2) is applied, a farmer need not establish a green cover on a strip of land forming part of the land set aside and bordering its edge, of a width up to –

a

1 metre, where the strip of land set aside borders land planted with a crop other than a seed crop;

b

2 metres, where the strip of land set aside borders land planted with a seed crop; or

c

5 metres, in any place where vehicular access to that land from a road or track adjacent to that land may be possible, provided that the strip is ploughed and left as bare fallow.

3

In sub-paragraph (2), “seed crop” means a crop grown so that the seed of the crop may be harvested and sown to establish a further crop.