{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/298",
  "legislation_title": "The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Closed periods for organic manure with high available nitrogen content",
  "text": "(1) Organic manure with high available nitrogen content must not be applied–\n(a) on or between 1st September and 31st December, to grassland which is situated on sandy or shallow soil; or\n(b) on or between 15th October and 31st January to grassland which is situated on any other soil;\n(c) on or between 1st August and 31st December to land which is not grassland and which is situated on sandy or shallow soil; or\n(d) on or between 1st October and 31st January to land which is not grassland, and which is situated on any other soil.\n(2) In a case where the prohibition in paragraph (1)(c) applies, organic manure with high available nitrogen content may nevertheless be applied–\n(a) up to and including 15th September if the land is sown with a cereal crop before that date, and\n(b) up to and including 30th September if the land is sown with oilseed rape, a catch crop or a cover crop before that date.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(b) substituted (15.5.2013) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/123), regs. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(d) substituted (15.5.2013) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/123), regs. 1(2), 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 modified (temp.) (1.1.2016) by The Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/376), regs. 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:05:38.352701+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."
}