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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nutrient-action-programme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2019/183",
  "legislation_title": "The Nutrient Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nutrient-action-programme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend the Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (the principal regulations), following the Commission Decision 2019/1325, granting approval to operate a derogation in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex III to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.\nRegulation 4 contains additional definitions for derogated holdings.\nRegulation 5 introduces requirement for a risk assessment when spreading fertiliser on land other than steeply sloping land and amends the exceptions to relation the land application of slurry.\nRegulation 6 provides that a derogated holding is excluded from the 170 kg N/ha/year, limit of livestock manure.\nRegulation 7 makes an amendment about the application of anaerobic digestate resulting from biodegradable waste.\nRegulation 8 provides that certain application limits have effect from 1st January 2020.\nRegulation 9 adds a requirement in relation to a fertilisation plan for a derogated holding.\nRegulations 10 correct a drafting error.\nRegulation 11 makes an amendment to requirement for storing poultry litter or anaerobic digestate in a field heap.\nRegulation 12 amends requirements for records for a derogated holding.\nRegulations 13 and 14 contain consequential amendments.\nRegulation 15 makes an amendment about reviews.\nRegulations 16 inserts a new Part 10 to provide for a derogation from the measure governing the limits on land application of livestock manure, as provided for in paragraph 2(b) of Annex III of the Directive.\nRegulation 17 inserts a provision about phosphorus balance for derogated holdings.\nRegulation 18 updates the phosphorus content of pig slurry and corrects a drafting error.\nRegulation 19 makes amendments to risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land, inserts a new risk assessment for such application to all other lands and consequential amendments\nRegulation 20 inserts a new Schedule 8 setting out the conditions applying to a derogation.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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