SCHEDULEStandards of good agricultural and environmental condition

Burning of crop residues4

A farmer must not, on agricultural land, burn any crop residue of a kind specified in Schedule 1 to the Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 199312 unless the burning is for the purposes of—

a

education or research;

b

disease control or the elimination of plant pests where a notice has been served under article 22 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 199313; or

c

the disposal of straw stack remains or broken bales.