The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
PART 1PRELIMINARY
1Citation and commencement
2Territorial application
3Interpretation
PART 2
4Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution
5Duty of the owner and/or controller to comply with these Regulations
PART 3
6Periods when the land application of nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited
7Requirements as to the manner of land application of nitrogen fertiliser other than dirty water
8Requirements as to the manner of land application of dirty water
9Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland
10Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland
PART 4
11General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure
12Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises
13Manner of storage and location of farmyard manure storage facilities
14Manner of storage and location of poultry litter storage facilities
15Manner of storage for dirty water
16Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity
PART 5
17Cover in winter
18Crop management
PART 6
19Type of records required
20Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information
PART 7
21Enforcement
22Notices
23Appeals against notices requiring works etc
24Offences
25Penalties
PART 8
26Reporting
27Reviewing
PART 9
28Timescale for implementation of measures
29Consequential amendments
30Revocations
SCHEDULE 1CRITERIA AS TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

2006 No. 489

environmental protection

The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being departments designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to water resources and Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment3, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section and every other power enabling them in that behalf and the Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 32, 44 and 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 19974 make the following Regulations: