The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) and Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 No. 1001

Amendments in respect of the action programme measures

14.  In regulation 22 (controlling how nitrogen fertiliser is spread)—

(a) before paragraph (1), insert—

“(A1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply where slurry is spread 10 metres or more from surface water.”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “2 millimetres”, substitute “0.2 millimetres”.

(c) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) For the purposes of regulation 21(3), the spreading equipment used must be—

(a) a trailing hose band spreader or a trailing shoe band spreader;

(b) an injector which injects the organic manure no deeper than 10cm below the surface of the soil; or

(c) a dribble bar applicator.”.