The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2

   1. 3. Designation

   2. 4. Review

   3. 5. Recommendations and proposals

   4. 5A. Transitional periods for new holdings

   5. 6. Appeal

4. PART 3

   1. 7. Application of livestock manure: total nitrogen limit for the whole holding

   2. 8. Spreading organic manure: nitrogen limits per hectare

5. PART 4

   1. 9. Exclusion for crops in greenhouses

   2. 10. Planning the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser

   3. 11. Additional information to be recorded

   4. 12. Total nitrogen spread on a holding

   5. 13. Grass grown for dehydration or for chlorophyll production

   6. 14. Calculating the amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake from organic manure

6. PART 5

   1. 15. Risk map

   2. 16. Restrictions on spreading nitrogen fertiliser

   3. 17. Spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells

   4. 18. Restrictions on spreading slurry

   5. 19. Incorporating organic manure into the ground

   6. 20. Closed periods for organic manure

   7. 21. Exemption for organic holdings

   8. 22. Closed period for manufactured nitrogen fertiliser

7. PART 6

   1. 23. Storage of organic manure

   2. 24. Separation of slurry

   3. 25. Storage capacity

   4. 25A. Record of size of holding

   5. 25B. Record of storage capacity

8. PART 7

   1. 26. Annual records relating to storage

   2. 27. Record of nitrogen produced by animals on the holding

   3. 28. Livestock manure brought on to or sent off the holding

   4. 29. Sampling and analysis

   5. 30. Records of crops sown

   6. 31. Records of spreading nitrogen fertiliser

   7. 32. Subsequent records

   8. 33. FACTS advice

   9. 34. Keeping records up to date

   10. 35. Duration of records

9. PART 8

   1. 36. Application

   2. 37. Determination of application

   3. 38. Appeal

10. PART 9 Review

    1. 39. Review of the action programme

    2. 40. Regulatory review

    3. 40A. Implementation report

11. PART 10

    1. 41. Offence and penalty

    2. 42. Civil sanctions

    3. 43. Enforcement

12. PART 11

    1. 44. Revocation of consolidated provisions

13. Signature

14. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by livestock

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Calculating nitrogen in manure

       1. PART 1 Standard Table

       2. PART 2 Sampling and analysis

          1. 1. Slurry and other liquid and semi-liquid organic manure

          2. 2. Solid manures

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       The derogation conditions

       1. 1. Introductory

       2. 2. Limit on application of livestock manure

       3. 3. Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser

       4. 4. Other requirements for fertilisation plans

       5. 5. Soil sampling and analysis

       6. 6. Additional information to be recorded during the year

       7. 7. Risk maps

       8. 8. Maintaining holding as grassland

       9. 9. Closed period for ploughing grass

       10. 10. Sowing crops following grass

       11. 11. Crop rotation

       12. 12. Recording the size of the holding

       13. 13. Records relating to storage of manure during storage period

       14. 14. Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals

       15. 15. Livestock manure intended to be brought on to or sent off the holding

       16. 16. Records of crops sown

       17. 17. Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser

       18. 18. Recording the date of ploughing

       19. 19. Fertilisation accounts

    4. SCHEDULE4

       Transitional dates for new holdings

       1. 1. The following regulations do not apply in relation to a...

       2. 2. The following regulations do not apply in relation to a...

15. Explanatory Note