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The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (revoked)

S.I. 2009/3160 · Made 2 December 2009 · Extends to United Kingdom

Up to date with all changes known to legislation.gov.uk, revised to 1 May 2015.

Agriculture, England

Water, England

Made 2nd December 2009

Laid before Parliament 7th December 2009

Coming into force 28th December 2009

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Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

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Regulations revoked (1.5.2015) by The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/668), regs. 1(2), 44(b)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement Repealed
  2. 2Amendments to the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 Repealed
  3. 3Amendment of Part 1 Repealed
  4. 4Amendment of Part 3 Repealed
  5. 5Insertion of new Part 3A Repealed
  6. 6Amendment of Part 4 Repealed
  7. 7Amendment of Part 5 Repealed
  8. 8Amendment of Part 6 Repealed
  9. 9Amendment of Part 8 Repealed
  10. 10Amendment to Schedules Repealed
  11. 11Amendment of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994 Repealed
  12. Signature
  13. Schedule Schedule Repealed
  14. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementF1

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2Amendments to the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008F1

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3Amendment of Part 1F1

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4Amendment of Part 3F1

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5Insertion of new Part 3AF1

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6Amendment of Part 4F1

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7Amendment of Part 5F1

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8Amendment of Part 6F1

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9Amendment of Part 8F1

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10Amendment to SchedulesF1

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11Amendment of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994F1

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Signature

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“SCHEDULE1

Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock

Regulations 6 and 38

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SCHEDULE2

Calculating nitrogen in manure

Regulation 17

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Standard table

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PART2

Sampling and analysis

Slurry

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Solid manures

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SCHEDULE3

Permitted crops for the closed period

Regulations 27 and 29

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SCHEDULE 4

Derogated holdings

Regulation 13F

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Derogation from the measures governing the limit on application of livestock manure

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Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser

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Soil sampling and analysis

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Additional information to be recorded during the year

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Risk maps

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Maintaining the derogated holding as a grassland holding

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Closed period for ploughing grass on the derogated holding

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Sowing of crops following grass on the derogated holding

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Crop rotation on the derogated holding

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Recording the size of the derogated holding

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Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period

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Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals

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Livestock manure intended to be brought on to or sent off the derogated holding

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Records of crops sown

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Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser

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Recording the date of ploughing

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Fertilisation accounts

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Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2349) (“the Nitrate Regulations”) and the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716) (“the Habitats Regulations”).

They implement in England Commission Decision 2009/431/EC (OJ No L 141, 6.6.09, p48) granting a derogation pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ No L 375, 31.12.91, p1, amended by OJ No L 284, 31.10.03, p1, OJ No L 311, 21.11.08, p1).

Regulation 3(2) amends regulation 3 (coming into force) to extend the coming into force date of the manure storage requirements and the prohibition on high trajectory spreading equipment for those holdings identified on maps deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State as being within an area marked as a NVZ deferred slurry storage area.

Regulation 5 inserts a new Part 3A which introduces a procedure by which an application for a derogation must be made, conditions under which a deemed derogation shall be granted for 2009 and establishes an appeal procedure against refusal of a derogation application.

Regulation 7 allows the use of spreading equipment with a spreading trajectory of more than 4 metres from the ground to be used in certain circumstances.

Regulation 10 replaces Schedules 1 to 3 and inserts a new Schedule 4 which sets out additional requirements to be met by an occupier of a derogated holding.

Regulation 11 inserts new regulation 84D into the Habitats Regulations requiring the effect on a European site to be considered before granting a derogation and, subject to certain exceptions, restrict the grant of a derogation where the integrity of the European site would be adversely affected.

A transposition note setting out how the amendments transpose the provisions of the Commission Decision and a full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Water Quality Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.go.uk).