PART 7

Calculations and records

Records of spreading nitrogen fertiliser
40
1
Subject to paragraph (3), within one week of spreading organic manure the occupier must record—
a
the area on which organic manure is spread;
b
the quantity of organic manure spread;
c
the date or dates;
d
the methods of spreading;
e
the type of organic manure;
f
the total nitrogen content;
g
the amount of nitrogen that was available to the crop.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), within one week of spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser the occupier must record—
a
the date of spreading, and
b
the amount of nitrogen spread.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to the occupier of a holding in any calendar year in which 80 % of the agricultural area of a holding is sown with grass, and—
a
the total amount of nitrogen in organic manure applied to the holding, whether directly by animal or a result of spreading, is no more than 100 kg per hectare,
b
the total amount of nitrogen in manufactured nitrogen fertiliser applied to the holding is no more than 90 kg per hectare, and
c
the occupier does not bring any organic manure onto the holding.
Reg. 40 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(3)