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GAEC 8Public rights of wayThe aim of these rules is to keep public rights of way open and accessible because they areimportant landscape features.A. You must not1. disturb the surface of a public right of way 1 so that it becomes inconvenient to use;2. wilfully obstruct free passage along a public right of way for example, by locking gates,growing crops, allowing overhanging vegetation, or blocking the route with electric or barbedwire fences.You will not break these rules if you have lawful authority or excuse. This includes times when youneed to disturb the surface of a footpath or bridleway across a field to plough the land or to bringit into agricultural use and it would be inconvenient and difficult to avoid disturbing the surface ofthe path. In this case there are rules for making good the surface, detailed below.B. You must1. maintain any stile, gate or similar structure across a footpath or bridleway in a conditionthat makes it safe and reasonably easy to use (this applies where maintenance is yourresponsibility);2. make good the surface of a disturbed cross‐field footpath or bridleway to not less thanthe minimum width 2 within 14 days of the first disturbance if you are sowing a crop, orwithin 24 hours in all other circumstances;3. indicate the route of a reinstated cross-field footpath or bridleway to members of the public.These cross compliance rules apply only to visible 3 public rights of way. This includes any rights ofway which would be visible were it not for breaches of the Highways Act 1980.Public rights of way may form part of the 1 metre or 2 metre ‘protection zone’ margins alonghedges and watercourses. If so, the rules of that GAEC standard (GAEC 14) will apply as far aspractical.Further advice and guidanceDetailed advice on all aspects of managing public access is in Managing PublicAccess – A Guide for Land Managers CA210, which is available atwww.naturalengland.org.uk/publications.Guidance for Cross Compliance in England: Management of Habitats andLandscape Features (rpa176) is available on our website atrpa.defra.gov.uk/crosscompliance/farmerguidance1 ‘Public right of way’ is a term that includes: footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic.2 The minimum width is 1 metre for a footpath and 2 metres for a bridleway.3 ‘Visible’ means visible as a route to a person with normal eyesight walking or riding along it.22
GAEC 9Overgrazing and unsuitable supplementary feedingThe aim of these rules is to help protect important habitats that contain natural or semi-naturalvegetation by preventing overgrazing and unsuitable supplementary feeding.A. You must not1. overgraze 1 , or allow to be overgrazed, the natural and semi-natural vegetation 2 on yourholding;2. carry out unsuitable supplementary feeding 3 , except where it is necessary for the purpose ofanimal welfare during periods of extreme weather conditions.B. You must1. have regard to any notification, of appropriate measures to prevent overgrazing and/orunsuitable supplementary feeding, sent to you on behalf of the Secretary of State;2. comply with any written directions, in relation to land subject to overgrazing and/or unsuitablesupplementary feeding, sent to you on behalf of the Secretary of State.Where damage has been caused by trampling or supplementary feeding in the winter, it shouldbe minimal enough to allow for the vegetation to recover to its original condition through naturalregeneration by the end of the next growing season.The rules of this GAEC standard (GAEC 9) do not apply if a derogation has been granted.Information on under what circumstances RPA can grant derogations can be found in theintroduction to this guide. You must apply to RPA in writing for this derogation and wait forwritten permission before carrying out any work.Further advice and guidanceGuidance for Cross Compliance in England: Management of Habitats andLandscape Features (rpa176) is available on our website atrpa.defra.gov.uk/crosscompliance/farmerguidanceNatural England: 0845 600 30781 ‘Overgraze’ means grazing land with so many livestock that the growth, quality or diversity of natural or semi-naturalvegetation is adversely affected.2 ‘Natural and semi-natural vegetation’ is defined as self-seeded or self-propagated vegetation characteristic of the area.This land includes but is not restricted to: moorland, unimproved grassland, grazed woodland or forest, heathland andsand dunes.3 ‘Unsuitable supplementary feeding’ means providing supplementary feed for livestock in a way that adversely affects thequality or diversity of natural and semi-natural vegetation through the trampling or poaching of land by livestock, or byruts caused by vehicles used to transport feed.23
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