{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/51",
  "legislation_title": "The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where any land on a farm has been used in any year to produce a leafy vegetable crop–\n(a) any further cultivation of that land prior to 1st December of that year shall be for autumn sown crops only;\n(b) any preparation of that land for a spring crop shall not commence before 1st December of that year; and\n(c) any unharvested residues of that crop shall be–\n(i) removed from the nitrate vulnerable zone;\n(ii) left in field and incorporated into the soil during cultivation for autumn sown crops;\n(iii) by 1st October of that year, incorporated in field with a suitable binding material; or\n(iv) left in field and incorporated into the soil during cultivation for the next spring sown crop.\n(2) In paragraph (1) above–\n“leafy vegetable crop” means a crop whose leaves or flowers are marketed as–\n(a)compact or loose vegetative organs; or\n(b)immature flowers;\n“unharvested residues” of a leafy vegetable crop includes discarded stems and leaves and rejected vegetables; and\n“a suitable binding material” means a cellulose-based binding material which shall have a carbon to nitrogen ratio exceeding 50:1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/51/schedule/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:22.670848+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."
}