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1. As regards any strip which is subject to the agreement, requirements to the effect that—
(a)within twelve months of the commencement of the agreement the farmer shall cease arable production on the strip and shall establish a grass sward on it;
(b)the farmer shall cut the strip annually after 30th June in any given year and shall ensure that the cuttings do not enter any dyke on the land subject to the agreement;
(c)the farmer shall not apply to the strip without the prior approval of the Minister—
(i)fertiliser,
(ii)lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil on it, or
(iii)fungicide and insecticides; and
(d)subject to paragraph 2 below, the farmer shall not apply herbicides to the grassland except to control nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broad-leaved dock or ragwort, shall control infestations of those weeds by cutting or by herbicides, and if using herbicides for that purpose shall apply them by weed wiper or by spot treatment; and
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