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The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

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Transitional provision: general binding rules activity 18

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4.—(1) In relation to activity 18 (the storage and application of fertiliser) of schedule 3 (general binding rules) of the 2011 Regulations as amended by regulation 3(4)(j), slurry does not need to be applied using precision equipment until 1 January 2027, unless the slurry is—

(a)applied by contractors,

(b)applied on farms with more than 100 milking cows or 200 beef cattle livestock units, or

(c)applied on pig units with more than 800 fattening pigs or 800 sows.

(2) Where regulation 4(1) applies so that slurry does not need to be applied using precision equipment, slurry must not be applied by means of a raised splash plate or rain gun.

(3) In calculating the number of beef cattle livestock units on the farm for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)an animal of 2 years and older is 1 unit, and

(b)an animal under 2 years old is 0.5 of a unit.

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