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1. A requirement to the effect that, as regards any land which is subject to the agreement, which is suitable for reversion to permanent grassland and which on 31st August 1991 was in arable cropping or had been in ley management for less than five years as part of an arable rotation—
(a)within twelve months of the commencement of the agreement, the farmer shall cease arable production on the land and shall establish a grass sward on it; and
(b)during the period of twelve months from the commencement of the agreement, the farmer shall not apply—
(i)fertiliser to the land,
(ii)lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil of the land, or
(iii)pesticides to the land,
without obtaining the Minister’s prior approval.
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