2009 No. 3160

Agriculture, England
Water, England

The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (revoked)F1

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Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

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Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Regulations revoked (1.5.2015) by The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/668), regs. 1(2), 44(b)

Citation and commencementF11

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Amendments to the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008F12

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Amendment of Part 1F13

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Amendment of Part 3F14

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Insertion of new Part 3AF15

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Amendment of Part 4F16

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Amendment of Part 5F17

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Amendment of Part 6F18

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Amendment of Part 8F19

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Amendment to SchedulesF110

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Amendment of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994F111

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F1SCHEDULE

Regulation 10

F1SCHEDULE1Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock

Regulations 6 and 38

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F1SCHEDULE2Calculating nitrogen in manure

Regulation 17

F1PART1Standard table

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F1PART2Sampling and analysis

SlurryF11

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Solid manuresF12

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F1SCHEDULE3Permitted crops for the closed period

Regulations 27 and 29

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F1SCHEDULE 4Derogated holdings

Regulation 13F

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Derogation from the measures governing the limit on application of livestock manureF12

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Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser

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Soil sampling and analysisF15

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Additional information to be recorded during the yearF16

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Risk mapsF17

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Maintaining the derogated holding as a grassland holdingF18

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Closed period for ploughing grass on the derogated holdingF19

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Sowing of crops following grass on the derogated holdingF110

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Crop rotation on the derogated holdingF111

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Recording the size of the derogated holdingF112

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Records relating to storage of manure during the storage periodF113

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Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animalsF114

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Livestock manure intended to be brought on to or sent off the derogated holdingF115

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Records of crops sownF116

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Records of spreading phosphate fertiliserF117

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Recording the date of ploughingF118

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Fertilisation accountsF119

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F1EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2349) (“the Nitrate Regulations”) and the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716) (“the Habitats Regulations”).

They implement in England Commission Decision 2009/431/EC (OJ No L 141, 6.6.09, p48) granting a derogation pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ No L 375, 31.12.91, p1, amended by OJ No L 284, 31.10.03, p1, OJ No L 311, 21.11.08, p1).

Regulation 3(2) amends regulation 3 (coming into force) to extend the coming into force date of the manure storage requirements and the prohibition on high trajectory spreading equipment for those holdings identified on maps deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State as being within an area marked as a NVZ deferred slurry storage area.

Regulation 5 inserts a new Part 3A which introduces a procedure by which an application for a derogation must be made, conditions under which a deemed derogation shall be granted for 2009 and establishes an appeal procedure against refusal of a derogation application.

Regulation 7 allows the use of spreading equipment with a spreading trajectory of more than 4 metres from the ground to be used in certain circumstances.

Regulation 10 replaces Schedules 1 to 3 and inserts a new Schedule 4 which sets out additional requirements to be met by an occupier of a derogated holding.

Regulation 11 inserts new regulation 84D into the Habitats Regulations requiring the effect on a European site to be considered before granting a derogation and, subject to certain exceptions, restrict the grant of a derogation where the integrity of the European site would be adversely affected.

A transposition note setting out how the amendments transpose the provisions of the Commission Decision and a full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Water Quality Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.go.uk).