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Regulation 4 Precautions to be taken after sludge is usedF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Where any sludge or septic tank sludge has been used on agricultural land, no person shall cause or knowingly permit the activities specified in column (1) of the Table below to be carried out on that land before the expiry of the period specified in column (2) thereof.

TABLE

(1)(2)
ActivityPeriod
Grazing animals or harvesting forage cropsThree weeks commencing on the date of the use
Harvesting fruit and vegetable crops which are grown in direct contact with the soil and normally eaten rawTen months commencing on the date of the use
(2)

Where any untreated sludge has been used F2on agricultural land without being injected into the soil, the occupier of the land affected shall, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, cause such sludge to be worked into the soil of the land affected.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (S.) (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 21 para. 2 (with sch. 23)

F2

Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (8.5.1990) by The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/880), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 1.9.1989, see reg. 1(1)