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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/123",
  "legislation_title": "The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 3",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 3 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1), after the definition of “chemical fertiliser” insert—\n““compost” means compost that—\n(a) complies with Publicly Available Specification PAS 100:2011 (Specification for composted materials) published by the British Standards Institution, and\n(b) does not contain livestock manure;”.\n(3) In paragraph (1), after the definition of “shallow” insert—\n““silage effluent” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (Scotland) Regulations 2003;”.\n(4) In paragraph (1), after the definition of “slurry” insert—\n““soil nutrient status” means soil acidity and plant available concentrations of phosphorous, potassium and magnesium in the soil;\n“soil type” means the soil types listed in Table 1 of Schedule 3;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Third Edition, January 2011 - ISBN 978 0 580 65307 0."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2003/531, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/133 and S.S.I. 2008/54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/123/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:04.505618+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."
}