# The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008, Regulation 21: Closed periods – quantitative restrictions


(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–
(a) 4 weeks prior to the first day on which regulation 20 prohibits the application of such manure; and
(b) from the day following the last day of that prohibition until 14th February, both dates inclusive.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-21
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