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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-england-and-wales-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1202",
  "legislation_title": "The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (England and Wales) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-england-and-wales-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to paragraph 10 below, organic manure shall not be applied to land where the application would result in the total nitrogen in kilograms contained in organic manure applied in each year to land on the farm exceeding the specified amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) below.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, the specified amount is the sum of—\n(a) the number of hectares of grassland on the farm multiplied by 250 kg; and\n(b) the number of hectares of agricultural land other than grassland on the farm multiplied by—\n(i) 210 kg in relation to a year ending on or before 19th December 2002,\n(ii) 170 kg in relation to other years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2614",
      "affecting_title": "The Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Additional Designations) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2614",
      "affecting_title": "The Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Additional Designations) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2002"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1202/schedule/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:11.411756+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}