Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 3142

      The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 3142

AGRICULTURE

The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996

Made 10th December 1996
Laid before Parliament 18th December 1996
Coming into force 15th January 1997


INDEX

1.  Title, extent and commencement
2.  Interpretation
3.  Production regions
4.  Calculation of projected regional reference amount
5.  Minimum size of cultivated plot
6.  Exchanges of eligible and ineligible land
7.  Derogations from requirement to have farmed for two years land set aside
8.  Derogations from requirement to set land aside in the production region where the related arable land is situated
9.  Requirements in relation to set-aside land
10.  Transfer of the obligation to set aside to another farmer
11.  Requirements in relation to rapeseed
12.  Delivery notifications for non-food raw materials
13.  Keeping and retention of records by a farmer
14.  Keeping and retention of records by a collector and by a processor
15.  Reduction or cancellation of compensatory payments for breach of Schedules 2 and 3
16.  Rate of interest applicable where compensatory payments fall to be returned
17.  Powers of authorised persons
18.  Assistance to authorised persons
19.  Offences and penalties
20.  Revocation of Existing Legislation
1.Management options for set-aside land2.The Grassland Option3.The Natural Regeneration Option4.The Wild Bird Cover Option5.The Field Margins Option6.The Penalty Set-Aside/Existing Crop Option7.Cutting or destruction of the green cover8.Exemptions from the requirement to establish a green cover on set-aside land9.Exemptions from the requirement to maintain a green cover on set-aside land10.Application of conditions to all set-aside land11.Restriction on cutting the green cover12.Prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land and cultivation of the set-aside land13.Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land14.Conditions regarding the cultivation of the set-aside land15.Replacement of the green cover and changing management options16.Use of the green cover17.Prohibition on the application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land18.Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to land which is neither guaranteed set-aside land nor environmental transferred set-aside land19.Application of fungicides and insecticides to the set-aside land20.Application of herbicides to the set-aside land21.Retention of features on the set-aside land22.Application of conditions to guaranteed set-aside land23.Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to guaranteed set-aside land24.Permitted agricultural production25.The application of organic waste and lime1.Retention of features on the set-aside land2.Application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land3.Adjustment or annulment of contracts relating to the provision of specified raw materials grown on set-aside land
  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
  B. General management conditions applying to all set-aside land
  C. Special conditions applying to guaranteed set-aside land
  D. Exception relating to environmental transferred set-aside land

  Schedule 3:  Requirements in relation to land set aside for the provision of specified raw materials

 

Explanatory Note


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