Regulation 13 Measures governing the limits on the land application of chemical phosphorus fertiliser

Northern Ireland

(1)

The controller of a holding shall ensure that the total amount of available phosphorus in chemical phosphorus fertiliser applied each year to grassland and to land other than grassland shall not exceed the recommendations contained in the fertiliser technical standards for crop requirement for phosphorus taking into consideration soil phosphorus index, the recommended soil phosphorus index for the crop and the supply of phosphorus available from the application of organic manures.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

the soil phosphorus index shall be ascertained in accordance with Schedule 5;

(b)

the phosphorus fertiliser recommendations for grassland shall be those set out in Tables 1 and 2 of Schedule 3, adjusted in accordance with the note to Table 1; and

(c)

the available phosphorus content of livestock manures and other fertilisers is as set out in Table 3 of Schedule 3.

(3)

From 1st January 2020, where chemical P fertiliser is applied to grassland, the controller shall prepare and retain a fertilisation plan.

F1(4)

The application limits set out in Table 2 of Schedule 3 shall have effect from 1st January 2020.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 13(4) inserted (15.10.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/183), regs. 1, 8