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The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1992
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2. As regards any meadowland which is the subject of an agreement–
(1) The farmer shall identify land which is meadowland and shall maintain it as such for the length of the agreement.
(2) The farmer shall not cultivate meadowland except with a chain harrow or roller. Any cultivation shall take place as soon as possible in the spring once stock have been removed.
(3) The farmer shall exclude stock from meadowland at least seven weeks before the first cut for hay or silage and at the latest by 1st June in any year.
(4) The farmer shall not take the first cut of grass from meadowland for hay or silage before 8th July in any year, and at least once in every five years he shall make the first cut during August in accordance with a programme of August cutting agreed with the Minister. He shall have regard to the welfare of fledglings of ground nesting birds when planning cuts.
(5) The farmer shall wilt and turn grass cut for silage from meadowland before removing it.
(6) The farmer shall graze the aftermath of any cutting with livestock.
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