Regulation 14B Conditions of a derogation from the annual farm limit of nitrogen in livestock manureF1

total nitrogen inputs shall not exceed the foreseeable nutrient demand of the considered crop, taking into account the supply from the soil;

livestock manure shall not be spread in the autumn before grass cultivation;

grass on sandy soils, if ploughed, shall only be ploughed in spring;

ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand;

crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen, other than clover in grassland with less than 50% clover or leguminous plants under-sown with grass;

nitrogen and phosphate soil sampling and analysis shall be carried out at least once every four years for, as a minimum, every five hectares of the farm that, having regard to crop rotation and soil characteristics, can reasonably be considered homogeneous; and

fertilisation accounts for each calendar year for which a derogation is granted shall be prepared and submitted to the Scottish Ministers by 30^th April of the following year.