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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-21",
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  "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",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Closed periods – quantitative restrictions",
  "text": "(1) Organic manure with high available nitrogen content must not be applied to land in excess of the maximum quantities set out in column 2 of the table in Schedule 4 in relation to the relevant manure during the following periods–\n(a) 4 weeks prior to the first day on which regulation 20 prohibits the application of such manure; and\n(b) from the day following the last day of that prohibition until 14th February, both dates inclusive.\n(2) In any period during which a prohibition imposed by paragraph (1) applies in respect of land, there may be applied to that land only one of the types of organic manure specified in column 1 of that table.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/regulation/21",
    "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."
}