{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/action-programme-for-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
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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",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exclusions from storage capacity",
  "text": "In calculating the quantity of livestock manure for the purposes of regulations 6 and 7 the following may be disregarded–\n(a) any solids to be removed from slurry, other than pig slurry, by means of a slurry separator, up to a maximum of 20% of the total slurry produced;\n(b) any solids to be removed from pig slurry, by means of a slurry separator, up to a maximum of 10% of the total slurry produced;\n(c) any quantity of livestock manure to be moved off the farm;\n(d) any quantity of livestock manure to be transferred to a person authorised by permit or registration under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 to collect, recover or dispose of manure;\n(e) any quantity of livestock manure to be disposed of under contract to a manure processing facility or to an approved treatment or recovery outlet.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8(d) substituted (1.11.2025) by virtue of The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 22 para. 17 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/regulation/8",
    "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."
}