The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Set-aside) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made: 23rd June 2005

Coming into operation: 29th July 2005

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Minimum area and dimensions of set-aside parcels

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

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Exchange of eligible and ineligible land

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Provisions relating to raw materials produced for non-food purposes

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Keeping and retention of records by a collector and by a processor

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

PART A — management options for land set aside from production

Management options for land set aside from production

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The sown green cover option

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The natural regeneration option

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The wild bird cover option

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The under 10 metre strips option

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Cutting or destruction of the green cover

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

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

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PART B — general standards applying to all land set aside from production

Application of conditions to all land set aside from production

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

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

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

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Replacement of the green cover and changing management options

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Use of the green cover

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Application of fertiliser, waste, lime and gypsum to the land set aside from production

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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

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

A farmer may only apply fertiliser or waste to land set aside for the provision of non-food crops so far as –

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23rd June 2005.

David Small — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of this Order and S.I. 2000/3238

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L141, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 606/2005 (O.J. No. L100, 20.4.2005, p. 15)

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L345, 20.11.2004, p. 1. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1973/2004 was corrected by a corrigendum at O.J. No. L61, 8.3.2005, p. 51 and was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 681/2005 (O.J. No. L110, 30.4.2005, p. 21)

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L270, 21.10.2003, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 570/2005 (O.J. No. L97, 15.4.2005, p. 13)

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L160, 26.6.1999, p. 1, as last amended by the Council Regulation

[^f00007]: S.R. 2005 No. 6

[^f00008]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00009]: S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7)

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L160, 26.6.1999, p. 80, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2223/2004 (O.J. No. L379, 24.12.2004, p. 1)

[^f00011]: 1964 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00012]: S.I. 52/1977 (N.I. 1)

[^f00013]: S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)

[^f00014]: S.R. 1997 No. 477, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00015]: ISBN 1 855 275 775

[^f00016]: ISBN 1 855 275 767

Editorial notes

Application of pesticides to land set aside from production

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Application of herbicides to land set aside from production

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