{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-designation-order-1990/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-designation-order-1990/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1013",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-designation-order-1990",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Applications",
  "text": "(1) An application to enter into an agreement shall be made in the form prescribed by the Minister.\n(2) An application by a producer of pigs or poultry which are permanently housed shall be accompanied by a plan showing how the applicant proposes, in order to comply with the obligations specified in Schedule 1 and otherwise avoid the entry of nitrate into controlled waters, to store, handle, transport and dispose of slurry or poultry manure, and to spread it on his own or any other land.\n(3) An application to enter into an agreement in 1990 shall be made before 1st August 1990.\n(4) An application to enter into an agreement in 1991 shall be made before 1st June 1991.\n(5) A farmer who enters into a basic scheme agreement in 1990 may, before 1st June 1991, elect to enter into a premium scheme agreement.\n(6) The Minister shall not enter into an agreement in respect of an application made after 31st May 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1013/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:20:46.140139+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."
}