The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 PRELIMINARY

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Territorial application

   3. 3. Interpretation

3. PART 2

   1. 4. Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution

   2. 5. Duty of the owner and/or controller to comply with these Regulations

4. PART 3

   1. 6. Periods when the land application of nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited

   2. 7. Requirements as to the manner of land application of nitrogen fertiliser other than dirty water

   3. 8. Requirements as to the manner of land application of dirty water

   4. 9. Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland

   5. 10. Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland

5. PART 4

   1. 11. General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure

   2. 12. Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises

   3. 13. Manner of storage and location of farmyard manure storage facilities

   4. 14. Manner of storage and location of poultry litter storage facilities

   5. 15. Manner of storage for dirty water

   6. 16. Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity

6. PART 5

   1. 17. Cover in winter

   2. 18. Crop management

7. PART 6

   1. 19. Type of records required

   2. 20. Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information

8. PART 7

   1. 21. Enforcement

   2. 22. Notices

   3. 23. Appeals against notices requiring works etc

   4. 24. Offences

   5. 25. Penalties

9. PART 8

   1. 26. Reporting

   2. 27. Reviewing

10. PART 9

    1. 28. Timescale for implementation of measures

    2. 29. Consequential amendments

    3. 30. Revocations

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       CRITERIA AS TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

13. Explanatory Note