{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1263",
  "legislation_title": "The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of regulation 3(4), the specified limit of concentration of elements in any representative sample, expressed in milligrams per kilogram of dry matter, is set out in the soil table below.\nSOIL TABLE\n(1)\n(2)\nElement\nLimit According to pH of soil\n5.0<5.5\n5.5<6.0\n6.0–7.0\n>7.0\nZinc\n200\n250\n300\n450\nCopper\n80\n100\n135\n200\nNickel\n50\n60\n75\n110\nFor pH 5.0 and above\nLead\n300\nCadmium\n3\nMercury\n1",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.9.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1263/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:19.160833+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}