(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 to allow the storage of poultry litter up to a maximum of 180 days in a field or midden where land application will take place from the operative date of these Regulations until 31 December 2010.
Regulation 3(2) substitutes the provisions of regulation 14 of The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 detailing the management, siting, etc of field heaps, that had been removed, allowing farmers to use field heaps for 180 days prior to land application and in accordance with environmental requirements.
Regulation 3(3) amends regulation 16 of The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 allowing for the storage of poultry litter in a field or midden prior to land application to be taken into account when calculating the livestock manure storage capacity of a holding.