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SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS-I (HEATHER MOORLAND REGENERATION)

Exclosure option

1.  As regards any suppressed or eroded heather moorland which is the subject of an agreement—

(1) the farmer shall use temporary fencing to isolate areas of such moorland from livestock and shall permit livestock to graze within those areas only as part of a controlled grazing programme agreed in advance in writing with the Minister.He shall remove and dispose of the temporary fencing when heather regeneration has taken place or when the agreement ends, whichever is the sooner;

(2) the farmer shall agree access points to the fenced areas with the Minister and where necessary erect stiles or gateways;

(3) the farmer shall provide and erect notices at sites agreed with the Minister, in a form agreed with him, explaining that the existence of the fenced areas is intended to encourage heather regeneration.