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Introductory Text
PART 1
1.Title
2.Application
3.Coming into force
4.Transitional measures for holdings not previously in a nitrate-vulnerable zone
5.Meaning of “polluted water”
6.Interpretation
PART 2
7.Designation of nitrate vulnerable zones
8.Appeals
9.Proceedings before the appointed person
10.Effect of a determination made by the appointed person
11.Review of nitrate vulnerable zones
PART 3
12.Application of livestock manure – total nitrogen limit for the whole holding
13.Spreading organic manure – nitrogen limits per hectare
PART 4
14.Planning the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser
15.Additional information to be recorded during the year
16.Total nitrogen spread on a holding
17.Calculating the amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake from organic manure
18.Maximum nitrogen limits by crop
PART 5
19.Risk maps
20.When to spread fertiliser
21.Spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser near surface water
22.Spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells
23.Controlling how nitrogen fertiliser is spread
24.Incorporating organic manure into the ground
PART 6
25.Meaning of “organic manure with high readily available nitrogen”
26.Closed periods for spreading organic manure with high readily available nitrogen
27.Exemptions: crops sown before 15 September
28.Exemptions for organic holdings
29.Restrictions following the closed period
30.Times in which spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited
PART 7
31.Storage of organic manure
32.Temporary field sites
33.Further requirements applicable to temporary field sites from 1 January 2014
34.Separation of slurry
35.Storage capacity
PART 8
36.Recording the size of the holding
37.Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period
38.Annual records relating to storage
39.Record of nitrogen produced by animals on the holding
40.Livestock manure brought on to or sent off the holding
41.Sampling and analysis
42.Records of crops sown
43.Records of spreading nitrogen fertiliser
44.Subsequent records
45.Keeping of advice
46.Duration of records
PART 9
47.Monitoring and review
48.Public participation
PART 10
49.Offences and penalties
50.Enforcement
51.Revocations
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock
SCHEDULE 2
Fruit Species
SCHEDULE 3
Calculating nitrogen in organic manure
PART1 Standard table
PART2 Sampling and analysis of organic manure
1.Slurry and other liquid and semi-liquid organic manure
2.Solid manures
SCHEDULE 4
Permitted crops for the closed period
Explanatory Note