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Paragraph 8

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The storage, in a secure container or lagoon (or, in the case of dewatered sludge, in a secure place) on land used for agriculture, of sludge which is to be used in accordance with the 1989 Regulations.

(2)

The spreading of sludge on land which is not agricultural land within the meaning of the 1989 Regulationsf1 if—

(a)

it results in ecological improvement; and

(b)

it does not cause the concentration in the soil of any of the elements listed in column 1 of the soil table set out in Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations to exceed the limit specified in column 2 of the table.

(3)

The storage, in a secure container or lagoon (or, in the case of dewatered sludge, in a secure place), of sludge intended to be spread in reliance upon the exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (2) above.

(4)

In this paragraph, “the 1989 Regulations” means the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989f2 and “used”, in relation to sludge, has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 1989 Regulations.

(5)

In this paragraph, and in paragraphs 9 and 10, “sludge” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 1989 Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See regulation 2(1) of the 1989 Regulations.

f2

S.I. 1989/1263, amended by S.I. 1990/880.