The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Storage of slurry from housed pigs and housed cattle and manure from housed poultry S

7.—(1) A farm must have capacity to store the total quantity of slurry likely to be produced by housed pigs or housed cattle and manure from housed poultry calculated by adding up the total figures produced for each type of livestock, in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The quantity referred to in paragraph (1) shall be calculated–

(a) in the case of slurry produced by housed pigs, by adding the totals for each type of housed pig on the farm, in accordance with the following formula–

where–

X represents the number of pigs by type on the farm (but excluding pigs housed in a straw bedded system), and

Y represents the daily excreta figure per pig of that type set out in column 2 of table 1 in Schedule 1; and

(b) in the case of slurry produced by housed cattle, by adding the totals for each type of housed cattle on the farm, in accordance with the following formula–

where–

A represents the number of cattle by type that are housed in a slurry based system on the farm (but excluding cattle housed in a straw bedded system), and

B represents the daily excreta figure per head of cattle set out in column 2 of table 1 in Schedule 1; and

(c) in the case of manure produced by housed poultry, by adding the totals for each type of housed poultry on the farm, in accordance with the following formula–

where–

X represents the number of housed poultry by type on the farm, and

Y represents the daily excreta figure per head of that type of housed poultry set out in column 2 of table 1 in Schedule 1.

(3) In calculating the minimum capacity of storage facilities necessary to comply with paragraph (1) the following figures shall be included:–

(a) for rainfall, the quantity of any rainfall that is likely to enter storage facilities (directly or indirectly) during collection or storage;

(b) for cleaning water, the quantity of any cleaning water that is likely to enter storage facilities, using the relevant figures set out in columns 3 and 4 of the table in Schedule 2, unless a lesser amount can be shown to apply.

(4) In calculating the minimum capacity of storage facilities for poultry manure under this regulation, a deduction may be made for any such manure stored or to be stored in any field heap under regulation 10.

(5) In every case where slurry or manure is produced and stored on the farm, a calculation under paragraph (2) must be made, notwithstanding any exemption to paragraph (1) claimed under regulation 11.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 7(1) modified (temp.) (1.1.2016) by The Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/376), regs. 1(1), 4