{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-47E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-47E.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/47E",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47E",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural waste where such treatment results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement if—\n(a) the waste consists of dredgings (other than those containing dangerous substances) from farm ditches;\n(b) the treatment shall be carried out in accordance with the Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019; and\n(c) the total quantity of waste used per hectare does not exceed 150 tonnes per hectare in any period of 12 months.\n(2) The secure storage of not more than 200 tonnes of waste intended to be used to treat land as specified in sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 paras. 47C-47F inserted (13.2.2008) by The Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/18), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 47E(1)(b) substituted (11.4.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/81), regs. 1(1), 37(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/493/schedule/2/paragraph/47E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:19.401279+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."
}