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The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/489 · Made 1 December 2006 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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environmental protection

Made 1st December 2006

Coming into operation 1st January 2007

The Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being departments designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to water resources and Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environmentf3, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section and every other power enabling them in that behalf and the Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 32, 44 and 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f4 make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (1.1.2011) by The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/411), regs. 1, 31(1)(a) (with reg. 29(1)(2))

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/2901

f2

1972 c.68

f3

O.J. L.156. 25/06/2003, P. 0017 - 0025

f4

S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)

Contents

  1. Part 1: PRELIMINARY
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Territorial application
  4. 3Interpretation
  5. Part 2: GENERAL
  6. 4Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution
  7. 5Duty of the owner and/or controller to comply with these Regulations
  8. Part 3: PREVENTION OF WATER POLLUTION FROM THE APPLICATION OF FERTILISERS
  9. 6Periods when the land application of nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited
  10. 7Requirements as to the manner of land application of nitrogen fertiliser other than dirty water
  11. 8Requirements as to the manner of land application of dirty water
  12. 9Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland
  13. 10Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland
  14. 10ADerogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure
  15. Part 4: LIVESTOCK MANURE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
  16. 11General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure
  17. 12Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises
  18. 13Manner of storage and location of farmyard manure storage facilities
  19. 14Manner of storage and location of poultry litter storage facilities
  20. 15Manner of storage for dirty water
  21. 16Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity
  22. Part 5: MEASURES RELATING TO LAND MANAGEMENT
  23. 17Cover in winter
  24. 18Crop management
  25. 18ARegulation 18A
  26. Part 6: RECORD KEEPING AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING
  27. 19Type of records required
  28. 20Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information
  29. Part 7: ENFORCEMENT
  30. 21Enforcement
  31. 22Notices
  32. 23Appeals against notices requiring works etc
  33. 24Offences
  34. 25Penalties
  35. Part 8: POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS
  36. 26Reporting
  37. 27Reviewing
  38. Part 9: MISCELLANEOUS
  39. 28Timescale for implementation of measures
  40. 29Consequential amendments
  41. 30Revocations
  42. Signature
  43. Schedule 1CRITERIA AS TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
  44. Explanatory note