The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996
1Title, extent and commencement
2Interpretation
3Production regions
4Calculation of projected regional reference amount
5Minimum size of cultivate plot
6Exchanges of eligible and ineligible land
7Derogations from requirement to have farmed for two years land set aside
8Derogations from requirement to set land aside in the production region where the related arable land is situated
9Requirements in relation to set-aside land
10Transfer of the obligation to set aside to another farmer
11Requirements in relation to rapeseed
12Delivery notifications for non-food raw materials
13Keeping and retention of records by a farmer
14Keeping and retention of records by a collector and by a processor
15Reduction or cancellation of compensatory payments for breach of Schedule 2 and 3
16Rate of interest applicable where compensatory payments fall to be returned
17Powers of authorised persons
18Assistance to authorised persons
19Offences and penalties
20Revocation of Existing Legislation
Schedule 1:Derogations from requirement to have farmed for two years land set aside
Part I(Derogations in respect of land in England and Wales)
Part II(Derogations in respect of land in Scotland)
Schedule 2:Management requirements in relation to set-aside land
A.Management options for set-aside land
1Management options for set-aside land
2The Grassland Option
3The Natural Regeneration Option
4The Wild Bird Cover Option
5The Field Margins Option
6The Penalty Set-Aside/Existing Crop Option
7Cutting or destruction of the green cover
8Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside land
9Exemptions from the requirement to maintain a green cover on set-aside land
B.General management conditions applying to all set-aside land
10Application of conditions to all set-aside land
11Restriction on cutting the green cover
12Prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land and cultivation of the set-aside land
13Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land
14Conditions regarding the cultivation of the set-aside land
15Replacement of the green cover and changing management options
16Use of the green cover
17Prohibition on the application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land
18Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to land which is neither guaranteed set-aside land nor environmental transferred set-aside land
19Application of fungicides and insecticides to the set-aside land
20Application of herbicides to the set-aside land
21Retention of features on the set-aside land
C.Special conditions applying to guaranteed set-aside land
22Application of conditions to guaranteed set-aside land
23Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to guaranteed set-aside land
24Permitted agricultural production
D.Exception relating to environmental transferred set-aside land
25The application of organic waste and lime
Schedule 3:Requirements in relation to land set aside for the provision of specified raw materials
1Retention of features on the set-aside land
2Application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land
3Adjustment or annulment of contracts relating to the provision of specified raw materials grown on set-aside land

1996 No. 3142

AGRICULTURE

The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1 for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that subsection, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: