{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-431/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-431/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2009/431",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 29 May 2009 granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regard to England, Scotland and Wales pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document number C(2009) 3853) (Only the English version is authentic) (2009/431/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-431",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘grassland farms’ means holdings where 80 % or more of the agricultural area available for manure application is grass;\n(b) ‘grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, deer, goats and horses;\n(c) ‘grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland (temporary implying leys of less than four years).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/431/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:29.005977+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."
}