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25.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the occupier must keep records which must be sufficient to enable any person inspecting those records readily to ascertain–
(a)the area of the farm;
(b)for each field on the farm–
(i)the area of the field;
(ii)the soil type in the field;
(iii)the quantity of each type of nitrogen fertiliser applied in relation to each crop;
(iv)the type of any crop grown and the date the crop was sown;
(v)the date of application of each type of nitrogen fertiliser applied in relation to each crop;
(c)the number of livestock kept on the farm, their species and type, and the length of time kept on the farm;
(d)the quantity of each type of livestock manure (whether farmyard manure, slurry, poultry manure, or other livestock manure) produced on the farm and the nitrogen content of such manure which is retained and used on the farm;
(e)the quantity and nitrogen content of each type of livestock manure (whether farmyard manure, slurry, poultry manure, or other livestock manure ) moved off the farm, the date of that movement and the name and address of the person receiving it;
(f)the quantity and nitrogen content of each type of organic manure moved onto the farm, the date of that movement and the name and address of the supplier;
(g)the quantity and type of chemical fertiliser brought onto the farm, used on the farm and retained on the farm; [F1and
(h)the location of any field heaps.]
[F2(2) The occupier of a derogated farm must, in addition to the records to be kept under paragraph (1), keep records of—
(a)the derogation application and decision;
(b)the fertiliser and manure management plan referred to in regulation 5;
(c)fertilisation accounts; and
(d)the results of nitrogen and phosphate analysis in soil referred to in regulation 14B.
(3) The Scottish Ministers must publish electronically the manner and form in which fertilisation accounts must be prepared and submitted.
(4) The records referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) must be kept for each year.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 25(1)(h) and preceding word inserted (15.5.2013) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/123), regs. 1(2), 9(2)
F2Reg. 25(2)-(4) substituted for reg. 25(2) (24.1.2010) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/447), regs. 1, 7(2)
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