# The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 12


(1) Where any land on a farm has been used in any year to produce a leafy vegetable crop–
(a) any further cultivation of that land prior to 1st December of that year shall be for autumn sown crops only;
(b) any preparation of that land for a spring crop shall not commence before 1st December of that year; and
(c) any unharvested residues of that crop shall be–
(i) removed from the nitrate vulnerable zone, or
(ii) left in field and incorporated into the soil during cultivation for autumn sown crops, or
(iii) by 1st October of that year, incorporated in field with a suitable binding material, or
(iv) left in field and incorporated into the soil during cultivation for the next spring sown crop.
(2) In paragraph (1) above–
“leafy vegetable crop” means a crop whose leaves or flowers are marketed as–
(a) compact or loose vegetative organs; or
(b) immature flowers;
“unharvested residues” of a leafy vegetable crop includes discarded stems and leaves and rejected vegetables;
“a suitable binding material” means a cellulose-based binding material which shall have a carbon to nitrogen ratio exceeding 50:1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2927/schedule/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-12
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