17. For paragraph 10 (1) substitute—
“10.—(1) The spreading of sludge on land which is not land used for agriculture within the meaning of the 1990 Regulations if—
(a)it results in ecological improvement or in the case of spreading on land used for non-food crops not grown in short term rotation with food crops, it results in benefit to agriculture;
(b)it does not cause the concentration in the soil of any of the elements listed in column 1 of the soil table set out in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations to exceed the limit specified in column 2 of the table; and
(c)in areas to which the Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 apply the spreading shall be carried out in accordance with those Regulations.”.