# The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021, Regulation 15: Controlling how nitrogen fertiliser is spread

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any person spreading slurry must use spreading equipment with a low spreading trajectory, that is, below 4 metres from the ground.
(2) Spreading equipment with a spreading trajectory of more than 4 metres from the ground may be used on land that has a low run off risk where such equipment can achieve an average slurry application rate of not more than 2 mm per hour when it is operating continuously.
(3) Any person spreading nitrogen fertiliser must do so in as accurate a manner as possible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/77/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021/regulation-15
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