# The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (revoked) S.R. 2010/411 · made 8 December 2010 · revised to 1 January 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/nitrates-action-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2010-revoked/pdf/nisr_20100411_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/nitrates-action-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2010-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20100411_en.pdf ## Introductory text Environmental Protection Made 8th December 2010 Coming into operation 1st January 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Territorial application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: General ## 4 Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers ## 6 Periods when the land application of nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Requirements as to the manner of land application of nitrogen fertiliser to any agricultural land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Derogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Storage requirements ## 11 General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Manner of storage of dirty water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Measures relating to land management ## 17 Cover in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Crop management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Crop management for derogated holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Record keeping and compliance monitoring ## 20 Type of records required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Enforcement ## 22 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Appeals against notices requiring works etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Powers, duties and functions of the Departments ## 27 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Reviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Miscellaneous ## 29 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Criteria as to nutrient management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/411 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nitrates-action-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2010-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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