Paragraph 47A F1
The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural waste where such treatment results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement if—
the waste consists only of liquid milk;
before the treatment the waste is diluted with not less than an equal quantity of water or slurry;
in any period of 30 days the land is treated with no more than 50 cubic metres (tonnes) of diluted waste per hectare; and
the treatment shall be carried out in accordance with the F3Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019.
The secure storage or dilution of waste intended to be used to treat land as specified in sub-paragraph (1).
For the purposes of this paragraph, waste is subject to treatment only when it is spread on land or is injected or otherwise introduced into the surface of that land.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2 Pt. 1 paras. 47A, 47B inserted (31.7.2006) by The Waste Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/280), regs. 1(1), 23
- F2
Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 47A(1) substituted (1.1.2007) by virtue of The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/489), regs. 1, 29(2)(f) (with reg. 2)
- F3
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 47A(1)(d) substituted (11.4.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/81), regs. 1(1), 37(1)(a)