Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Production regions

5. 4. Calculation of projected regional reference amount

6. 5. Minimum size of cultivated plot

7. 6. Exchanges of eligible and ineligible land

8. 7. Derogations from requirement to have farmed for two years land set aside

9. 8. Derogations from requirement to set land aside in the production region where the related arable land is situated

10. 9. Requirements in relation to set-aside land

11. 10. Transfer of the obligation to set aside to another farmer

12. 11. Requirements in relation to rapeseed

13. 12. Delivery declarations for non-food raw materials

14. 13. Keeping and retention of records by a farmer

15. 14. Keeping and retention of records by a collector and by a processor

16. 15. Reduction or cancellation of compensatory payments for breach of Schedules 2 and 3

17. 16. Rate of interest applicable where compensatory payments fall to be returned

18. 17. Powers of authorised persons

19. 18. Assistance to authorised persons

20. 19. Offences and penalties

21. 20. Revocation

22. Signature

23. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Derogations from requirement to have farmed for two years land set aside

       1. 1. A farmer shall be entitled to claim set-aside compensatory payment...

       2. 2. For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) a farmer has...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Management requirements in relation to set-aside land

       1. Part A Management Options for set-aside land

          1. 1. Management options for set-aside land

          2. 2. The Grassland Option

          3. 3. The Natural Regeneration Option

          4. 4. The Wild Bird Cover Option

          5. 5. The Field Margins Option

          6. 6. The Penalty Set-Aside/Existing Crop Option

          7. 7. Cutting or destruction of the green cover

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

          9. 9. Exemptions from the requirement to maintain a green cover on set-aside land

       2. Part B General Management Conditions Applying to All Set-aside Land

          1. 10. Application of conditions to all set-aside land

          2. 11. Restriction on cutting the green cover

          3. 12. Prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land and cultivation of the set-aside land

          4. 13. Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the set-aside land

          5. 14. Conditions regarding the cultivation of the set-aside land

          6. 15. Replacement of the green cover and changing management options

          7. 16. Use of the green cover

          8. 17. Prohibition on the application of fertilisers, lime and waste to the set-aside land

          9. 18. Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to land which is neither guaranteed set-aside land nor environmental transferred set-aside land

          10. 19. Application of fungicides and insecticides to the set-aside land

          11. 20. Application of herbicides to the set-aside land

          12. 21. Retention of features on the set-aside land

       3. Part C Special conditions Applying to Guaranteed Set-aside Land

          1. 22. Application of conditions to guaranteed set-aside land

          2. 23. Application of fertiliser, waste and lime to guaranteed set-aside land

          3. 24. Permitted agricultural production

       4. Part D Exception Relating to Environmental Transferred Set-aside Land

          1. 25. The application of organic waste and lime

    3. SCHEDULE 3

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

       1. 1. Retention of features on the set-aside land

       2. 2. Application of fertilisers and waste to the set-aside land

       3. 3. Adjustment or annulment of contracts relating to the provision of specified raw materials grown on set-aside land

24. Explanatory Note