# The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (revoked)

W.S.I. 2023/1266 · made 24 November 2023 · revised to 31 December 2023

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## Introductory text

Agriculture, Wales
Water, Wales
Made 24 November 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru 29 November 2023
Coming into force 1sJanuary 2024
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## 1 Title and coming into force

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## 2 Amendments to the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021

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## 3 Amendment of regulation 2 (transitional measures for holdings not previously in a nitrate vulnerable zone)

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## 4 Amendment of regulation 3 (interpretation)

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## 5 Insertion of new regulations 4A and 4B

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## 6 Amendment of regulation 14 (spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells)

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## 7 Amendment of regulations 24, 30, 31, 32, 47 and Schedule 6

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## 8 Insertion of new Schedule 1A (enhanced nutrient management requirements)

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## Signature

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“SCHEDULE 1A
Enhanced nutrient management requirements
Regulations 4A and 4B
Application of Schedule 1A
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interpretation
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grazing livestock manure to be applied to the holding during relevant period
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application of grazing livestock manure and non-grazing livestock manure
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soil sampling analysis
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Determining the soil phosphorus index
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Requirements for enhanced nutrient management plans
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total phosphorus spread on a holding during relevant period
9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maximum phosphate limits by crop
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional information to be recorded during the relevant period
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Risk maps – additional requirements
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintaining the holding as a qualifying grassland holding
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Closed period for ploughing grass on the holding
14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sowing of crops following grass on the holding
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Crop rotation on the holding
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Recording the size of the holding
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Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals
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Livestock manure intended to be sent off the holding
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Records of crops sown
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser
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Recording the date of ploughing
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Fertilisation accounts
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Soil protection measures
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Locations of supplementary feeding and drinking sites for livestock
25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spreading of slurry during relevant period
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spreading organic manure near surface water during relevant period
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## Explanatory note

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1266 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-amendment-no-3-regulations-2023-revoked
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