Transitional provision: general binding rules activity 326
In relation to new activity 32 (the storage of slurry) inserted into schedule 3 of the 2011 Regulations by regulation 3(4)(p)—
a
a slurry storage system which was exempt under regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations immediately before 1 January 2022 is not required to comply with the rules specified in paragraphs (e) to (l) of column 2 until 1 January 2026,
b
a slurry storage system constructed before 1 January 2022, to which paragraph (a) does not apply, is not required to comply with the rules specified in paragraphs (e) to (n) of column 2 until 1 January 2024,
c
a slurry storage system in respect of which planning permission was granted before 1 January 2022, but which is not constructed before that date, is not required to comply with the rules specified in paragraphs (e) to (n) of column 2 until 1 January 2024,
d
the rules specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of column 2 do not apply where the activity takes place outside a nitrate vulnerable zone until 1 January 2026.