Regulation 17 Cover in winterF1
Northern Ireland
After harvesting a crop of cereals (other than maize), oil seeds or grain legumes (such as peas or beans) the controller shall ensure that from harvest until 1 March in the following year, one of the following conditions is met on the land at any time:
(a)
the stubble of the harvested crop remains in the land; or
(b)
the land is sown with a crop which will take up nitrogen from the soil; or
(c)
the land is left with a rough surface, ploughed or disced, to encourage the infiltration of rain.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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))