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The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

S.R. 2019/81 · Made 8 April 2019 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Made 8th April 2019

Coming into operation 11th April 2019

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs being a Department designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 32 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 M3, and now vested in it M4 makes the following Regulations.

In accordance with Article 32(3) of that Order the Department has published in the Belfast Gazette a notice indicating the effect of these regulations and specifying the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iii). The Department has taken into consideration the representations made to it in accordance with that notice.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2008/301

M2

1972 c.68

M3

S.I. 1997 No.2778 (N.I. 19)

M4

S.R. 2016 No. 76, article 8(1)(c)

Contents

  1. Part 1: Preliminary
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Purpose and application of the Regulations
  4. 3Interpretation
  5. Part 2: General
  6. 4Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution
  7. 5Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations
  8. 6Exemption granted by the Department
  9. Part 3: Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers
  10. 7Prohibited application of fertiliser
  11. 8Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land
  12. 9General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser
  13. 10Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland
  14. 11Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland
  15. 12Measures governing the application of anaerobic digestate
  16. 13Measures governing the limits on the land application of chemical phosphorus fertiliser
  17. 14Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus
  18. 15Measures governing the location of supplementary feeding sites and livestock drinking points
  19. 16Fertilisation plans
  20. Part 4: Storage requirements
  21. 17General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent
  22. 18Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises
  23. 19Manner of storage of slurry
  24. 20Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities
  25. 21Manner of storage of poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre and location of storage facilities
  26. 22Manner of storage of dirty water
  27. 23Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity
  28. 24Making and storage of silage
  29. 25Cover in winter
  30. Part 5: Measures relating to land management
  31. 26Crop management
  32. Part 6: Record keeping and compliance monitoring
  33. 27Records required
  34. 28Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information
  35. Part 7: Enforcement
  36. 29Enforcement
  37. 30Notices
  38. 31Appeals against notices requiring works etc.
  39. 32Offences
  40. 33Penalties
  41. Part 8: Powers, duties and functions of the Department
  42. 34Implementation Report
  43. 35Reviewing the action programme
  44. Part 9: Miscellaneous
  45. 36Transitional provisions
  46. 37Consequential amendments
  47. 38Revocation and saving provisions
  48. Part 10: Derogation from measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure
  49. 39Regulation 39
  50. 40Regulation 40
  51. Signature
  52. Schedule 1: Livestock units of cattle
  53. Paragraph
  54. Schedule 2Criteria for nutrient management
  55. 1Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance
  56. Schedule 3Criteria as to nutrient management for phosphorus
  57. Schedule 4: Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land
  58. Part 1
  59. 1Paragraph 1
  60. Part 2: Risk assessment for fertiliser application to land other than steeply sloping land
  61. 1Paragraph 1
  62. Schedule 5: Soil test for Phosphorus
  63. 1Paragraph 1
  64. 2Paragraph 2
  65. 3Soil sampling procedure
  66. 4Paragraph 4
  67. 5Paragraph 5
  68. 6Paragraph 6
  69. 7Soil analysis for phosphorus
  70. 8Paragraph 8
  71. 9Paragraph 9
  72. 10Paragraph 10
  73. Schedule 6: Requirement for slurry storage systems
  74. 1Paragraph 1
  75. 2Paragraph 2
  76. 3Paragraph 3
  77. 4Paragraph 4
  78. 5Paragraph 5
  79. 6Paragraph 6
  80. 7Paragraph 7
  81. 8Paragraph 8
  82. 9Paragraph 9
  83. 10Paragraph 10
  84. 11Paragraph 11
  85. 12Paragraph 12
  86. Schedule 7: Requirements for silos
  87. 1Paragraph 1
  88. 2Paragraph 2
  89. 3Paragraph 3
  90. 4Paragraph 4
  91. 5Paragraph 5
  92. 6Paragraph 6
  93. 7Paragraph 7
  94. 8Paragraph 8
  95. 9Paragraph 9
  96. Schedule 8: Conditions applying in relation to a Derogation
  97. 1Paragraph 1
  98. 2Application of manure and other fertilisers
  99. 3Application of manure and other fertilisers
  100. 4Application of manure and other fertilisers
  101. 5Application of manure and other fertilisers
  102. 6Application of manure and other fertilisers
  103. 7Application of manure and other fertilisers
  104. 8Application of manure and other fertilisers
  105. 9Application of manure and other fertilisers
  106. 10Condition regarding land management
  107. 11Condition regarding land management
  108. 12Condition regarding land management
  109. 13Definitions
  110. Explanatory note