The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 No. 81

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Purpose and application of the Regulations

   3. 3. Interpretation

3. PART 2 General

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

   2. 5. Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations

   3. 6. Exemption granted by the Department

4. PART 3 Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers

   1. 7. Prohibited application of fertiliser

   2. 8. Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land

   3. 9. General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser

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

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

   6. 12. Measures governing the application of anaerobic digestate

   7. 13. Measures governing the limits on the land application of chemical phosphorus fertiliser

   8. 14. Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus

   9. 15. Measures governing the location of supplementary feeding sites and livestock drinking points

   10. 16. Fertilisation plans

5. PART 4 Storage requirements

   1. 17. General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent

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

   3. 19. Manner of storage of slurry

   4. 20. Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities

   5. 21. Manner of storage of poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre and location of storage facilities

   6. 22. Manner of storage of dirty water

   7. 23. Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity

   8. 24. Making and storage of silage

   9. 25. Cover in winter

6. PART 5 Measures relating to land management

   1. 26. Crop management

7. PART 6 Record keeping and compliance monitoring

   1. 27. Records required

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

8. PART 7 Enforcement

   1. 29. Enforcement

   2. 30. Notices

   3. 31. Appeals against notices requiring works etc.

   4. 32. Offences

   5. 33. Penalties

9. PART 8 Powers, duties and functions of the Department

   1. 34. Implementation Report

   2. 35. Reviewing the action programme

10. PART 9 Miscellaneous

    1. 36. Transitional provisions

    2. 37. Consequential amendments

    3. 38. Revocation and saving provisions

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Livestock units of cattle

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Criteria for nutrient management

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Criteria as to nutrient management for phosphorus

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land

       1. 1. If an application of organic manure (including livestock manure) or...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Soil test for Phosphorus

       1. 1. Reference to the results of a soil test is a...

       2. 2. The taking of soil samples and the analysis for phosphorus...

       3. 3. Soil sampling procedure

       4. 4. Time of sampling: Sampling every fourth year shall be satisfactory...

       5. 5. Depth of sampling: Grassland shall be sampled to a depth...

       6. 6. Method of sampling: A soil sample shall be made up...

       7. 7. Soil analysis for phosphorus

       8. 8. Air-drying and grinding soil: The entire soil sample shall be...

       9. 9. Soil analysis for Olsen extractable phosphorus: The measure of phosphorus...

       10. 10. Classification of soil analysis results into indices: The Olsen extractable...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Requirement for slurry storage systems

       1. 1. The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...

       2. 2. The base of the slurry storage tank, the base and...

       3. 3. The base and walls of the slurry storage tank, any...

       4. 4. The base and walls of the slurry storage tank and...

       5. 5. (1) Any facilities used for the temporary storage of slurry...

       6. 6. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of storage facilities...

       7. 7. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no part of...

       8. 8. The slurry storage tank and any effluent tank, channels, pipes...

       9. 9. Where the walls of the slurry tank are not impermeable,...

       10. 10. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where the slurry storage tank,...

       11. 11. In the case of a slurry storage tank with walls...

       12. 12. Any slurry storage tank constructed, substantially enlarged or substantially reconstructed...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Requirements for silos

       1. 1. The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...

       2. 2. The base of the silo shall, where the silo has...

       3. 3. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of the effluent...

       4. 4. The base of the silo, the base and walls of...

       5. 5. The base and any walls of the silo, its effluent...

       6. 6. No part of the silo, its effluent tank or channels...

       7. 7. If the silo has retaining walls— (a) the retaining walls...

       8. 8. Subject to paragraph 9, the silo, its effluent tank and...

       9. 9. Where any part of an effluent tank is installed below...

13. Explanatory Note