Introductory Text
PART 1 Preliminary
1.Citation and commencement
2.Purpose of and application of Regulations
3.Interpretation
PART 2 General
4.Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution
5.Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations
6.Exemptions granted by the Department
PART 3 Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers
7.Periods when the land application of fertiliser is prohibited
8.Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land
9.General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser
10.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland
11.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland
12.Derogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure
13.Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus
PART 4 Storage requirements
14.General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent
15.Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises
16.Manner of storage of slurry
17.Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities
18.Manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilities
19.Manner of storage of dirty water
20.Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity
21.Making and storage of silage
PART 5 Measures relating to land management
22.Cover in winter
23.Crop management
24.Crop management for derogated holdings
PART 6 Record keeping and compliance monitoring
25.Type of records required
26.Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information
PART 7 Enforcement
27.Enforcement
28.Notices
29.Appeals against notices requiring works etc.
30.Offences
31.Penalties
PART 8 Powers, duties and functions of the Departments
32.Reporting
33.Reviewing
PART 9 Miscellaneous
34.Transitional provisions
35.Consequential amendments
36.Revocations
Signature
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Criteria for nutrient management
1.Regulation 12(7) - Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance
SCHEDULE 2
Requirements for slurry storage systems
1.The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...
2.The base of the slurry storage tank, the base and...
3.The base and walls of the slurry storage tank, any...
4.The base and walls of the slurry storage tank and...
5.(1) Any facilities used for the temporary storage of slurry...
6.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of storage facilities...
7.No part of the slurry storage tank or any effluent...
8.The slurry storage tank and any effluent tank, channels, pipes...
9.Where the walls of the slurry storage tank are not...
10.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where the slurry storage tank,...
11.In the case of a slurry storage tank with walls...
SCHEDULE 3
Requirements for silos
1.The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...
2.The base of the silo shall, where the silo has...
3.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of the effluent...
4.The base of the silo, the base and walls of...
5.The base and any walls of the silo, its effluent...
6.No part of the silo, its effluent tank or channels...
7.If the silo has retaining walls— (a) the retaining walls...
8.Subject to paragraph 9, the silo, its effluent tank and...
9.Where any part of an effluent tank is installed below...
SCHEDULE 4
Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land
10.If application of organic manure (including livestock manure) or chemical...
Explanatory Note