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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Purpose and application of the Regulations

    3. 3.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 General

    1. 4.Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution

    2. 5.Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations

    3. 6.Exemption granted by the Department

  4. PART 3 Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers

    1. 7.Prohibited application of fertiliser

    2. 8.Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land

    3. 9.General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser

    4. 10.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland

    5. 11.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland

    6. 12.Measures governing the application of anaerobic digestate

    7. 13.Measures governing the limits on the land application of chemical phosphorus fertiliser

    8. 14.Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus

    9. 15.Measures governing the location of supplementary feeding sites and livestock drinking points

    10. 16.Fertilisation plans

  5. PART 4 Storage requirements

    1. 17.General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent

    2. 18.Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises

    3. 19.Manner of storage of slurry

    4. 20.Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities

    5. 21.Manner of storage of poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre and location of storage facilities

    6. 22.Manner of storage of dirty water

    7. 23.Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity

    8. 24.Making and storage of silage

    9. 25.Cover in winter

  6. PART 5 Measures relating to land management

    1. 26.Crop management

  7. PART 6 Record keeping and compliance monitoring

    1. 27.Records required

    2. 28.Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information

  8. PART 7 Enforcement

    1. 29.Enforcement

    2. 30.Notices

    3. 31.Appeals against notices requiring works etc.

    4. 32.Offences

    5. 33.Penalties

  9. PART 8 Powers, duties and functions of the Department

    1. 34.Implementation Report

    2. 35.Reviewing the action programme

  10. PART 9 Miscellaneous

    1. 36.Transitional provisions

    2. 37.Consequential amendments

    3. 38.Revocation and saving provisions

  11. PART 10 Derogation from measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure

    1. 39.(1) A controller may submit to the Department an application...

    2. 40.(1) The Department shall carry out administrative controls in respect...

  12. Signature

  13. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Livestock units of cattle

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Criteria for nutrient management

      1. 1.Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Criteria as to nutrient management for phosphorus

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.If an application of organic manure (including livestock manure) or...

      2. PART 2 Risk assessment for fertiliser application to land other than steeply sloping land

        1. 1.If an application of organic manure (including livestock manure) or...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Soil test for Phosphorus

      1. 1.Reference to the results of a soil test is a...

      2. 2.The taking of soil samples and the analysis for phosphorus...

      3. 3.Soil sampling procedure

      4. 4.Time of sampling: Sampling every fourth year shall be satisfactory...

      5. 5.Depth of sampling: Grassland shall be sampled to a depth...

      6. 6.Method of sampling: A soil sample shall be made up...

      7. 7.Soil analysis for phosphorus

      8. 8.Air-drying and grinding soil: The entire soil sample shall be...

      9. 9.Soil analysis for Olsen extractable phosphorus: The measure of phosphorus...

      10. 10.Classification of soil analysis results into indices: The Olsen extractable...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Requirement for slurry storage systems

      1. 1.The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...

      2. 2.The base of the slurry storage tank, the base and...

      3. 3.The base and walls of the slurry storage tank, any...

      4. 4.The base and walls of the slurry storage tank and...

      5. 5.(1) Any facilities used for the temporary storage of slurry...

      6. 6.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of storage facilities...

      7. 7.(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no part of...

      8. 8.The slurry storage tank and any effluent tank, channels, pipes...

      9. 9.Where the walls of the slurry tank are not impermeable,...

      10. 10.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where the slurry storage tank,...

      11. 11.In the case of a slurry storage tank with walls...

      12. 12.Any slurry storage tank constructed, substantially enlarged or substantially reconstructed...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Requirements for silos

      1. 1.The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...

      2. 2.The base of the silo shall, where the silo has...

      3. 3.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of the effluent...

      4. 4.The base of the silo, the base and walls of...

      5. 5.The base and any walls of the silo, its effluent...

      6. 6.No part of the silo, its effluent tank or channels...

      7. 7.If the silo has retaining walls— (a) the retaining walls...

      8. 8.Subject to paragraph 9, the silo, its effluent tank and...

      9. 9.Where any part of an effluent tank is installed below...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Conditions applying in relation to a Derogation

      1. 1.The following are the conditions for the purposes of regulation...

      2. 2.Application of manure and other fertilisers

      3. 3.The total nitrogen inputs shall neither exceed the foreseeable nutrient...

      4. 4.A fertilisation account, including information related to the management of...

      5. 5.Periodic sampling and analyses of the soil with respect to...

      6. 6.At least one analysis per four hectares shall be carried...

      7. 7.Livestock manure shall not be spread in the autumn before...

      8. 8.For each grassland holding, the controller shall ensure that the...

      9. 9.At least 50% of slurry produced on the holding shall...

      10. 10.Condition regarding land management

      11. 11.Ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately...

      12. 12.Crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing...

      13. 13.Definitions

  14. Explanatory Note