The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (England) Regulations 2004

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Title, commencement and application

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Minimum area and dimensions of set aside parcels

5. 4. Additional standards of good agricultural and environmental condition in relation to set-aside land

6. 5. Exchange of eligible and ineligible land

7. 6. Provisions relating to raw materials produced for non-food purposes

8. 7. Keeping and retention of records by a collector and by a processor

9. Signature

10. 1. SCHEDULE 1

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

       1. PART A Management options for land set aside from production

          1. 1. Management options for land set aside from production

          2. 2. The sown green cover option

          3. 3. The natural regeneration option

          4. 4. The wild bird cover option

          5. 5. The under 10 metre strips option

          6. 6. Cutting or destruction of the green cover

          7. 7. Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside land

          8. 8. Exemptions from the requirement to maintain a green cover on the land set aside from production

          9. 9. Exemption relating to the protection of hedgerows and watercourses under the Cross Compliance Regulations 2004

       2. PART B General standards applying to all land set aside from production

          1. 10. Application of conditions to all land set aside from production

          2. 11. Prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on, and the cultivation of, the land set aside from production

          3. 12. Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the land set aside from production

          4. 13. Exemption from prohibition on cultivation of land set aside from production for the purpose of weed control

          5. 14. Replacement of the green cover and changing management options

          6. 15. Use of the green cover

          7. 16. Application of fertiliser, waste, lime and gypsum to the land set-aside from production

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION THAT APPLY IN RELATION TO LAND SET ASIDE FOR THE PROVISION OF NON-FOOD CROPS

       1. Application of fertilisers and waste to land set aside for the provision of non-food crops

11. Explanatory Note