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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-37",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/37",
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  "number": "37",
  "heading": "The deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at the place of production",
  "text": "(1) Depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at the place of production if—\n(a) there is no more than 250 tonnes in any one deposit;\n(b) the deposit is made on land which is at least—\n(i) 10 metres from a watercourse, and\n(ii) 50 metres from a spring, well or borehole;\n(c) the deposit is not immediately adjacent to any other deposit made in carrying on an exempt waste operation falling within this paragraph;\n(d) at the time the deposit is made the land—\n(i) has not been frozen for 12 hours or more during the preceding 24 hours, and\n(ii) is not waterlogged, flooded or snow-covered;\n(e) the deposit is carried out in accordance with any requirement imposed by an action programme under the Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (England and Wales) Regulations 1998; and\n(f) the deposit is carried out in accordance with any requirements specified under a notice served under article 32 of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 or article 32 of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/2530, to which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1643 (W.158)."
    }
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  "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."
}