Point in time view as at 24/01/2010.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008, Section 14.
14.—(1) [F1Subject to paragraph (4),] in any year the total nitrogen in livestock manure applied to the utilisable agricultural land area of the whole farm, whether directly by an animal or by spreading, must not exceed 170 kg per hectare (“ha”) of that area.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, and subject to paragraph (3), any calculation of the amount of nitrogen contained in livestock manure from animals on the farm shall be carried out using the appropriate figures in table 1 of Schedule 1, and for livestock manure brought onto the farm, shall be carried out using the appropriate figures in table 2 of that Schedule.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where the occupier provides evidence to the Scottish Ministers, based on such scientific evidence as the Scottish Ministers consider satisfactory, that the total nitrogen contained in the livestock manure to be applied to all land on the farm will not exceed the limit specified in paragraph (1).
[F2(4) The occupier of any grassland farm within a nitrate vulnerable zone may apply to the Scottish Ministers for a derogation from the annual farm limit of nitrogen in livestock manure specified in paragraph (1).
(5) Any derogation granted shall last until the conclusion of the calendar year to which it relates, and shall be subject to renewal.
(6) Where the Scottish Ministers grant a derogation, the total annual amount of nitrogen in livestock manure from grazing livestock applied to the derogated farm, whether directly by an animal or by spreading, must not exceed 250kg multiplied by the area of the derogated farm in hectares.
(7) Any application for a derogation shall be made in accordance with regulation 14A and any grant of a derogation shall be subject to the conditions of regulation 14B.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (24.1.2010) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/447), regs. 1, 5(2)
F2Reg. 14(4)-(7) inserted (24.1.2010) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/447), regs. 1, 5(3)
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