[Conditions of a derogation from the annual farm limit of nitrogen in livestock manureS
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14B. A derogation shall be subject to the following conditions—
(a)total nitrogen inputs shall not exceed the foreseeable nutrient demand of the considered crop, taking into account the supply from the soil;
(b)livestock manure shall not be spread in the autumn before grass cultivation;
(c)grass on sandy soils, if ploughed, shall only be ploughed in spring;
(d)ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand;
(e)crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen, other than clover in grassland with less than 50% clover or leguminous plants under-sown with grass;
(f)nitrogen and phosphate soil sampling and analysis shall be carried out at least once every four years for, as a minimum, every five hectares of the farm that, having regard to crop rotation and soil characteristics, can reasonably be considered homogeneous; and
(g)fertilisation accounts for each calendar year for which a derogation is granted shall be prepared and submitted to the Scottish Ministers by 30th April of the following year.]