The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021

7.  If the silo has retaining walls—E+W

(a)the retaining walls must be capable of withstanding minimum wall loadings calculated on the assumptions and in the manner indicated by paragraph 15.6 of the code of practice on buildings and structures for agriculture published by the British Standards Institution and numbered BS 5502: Part 22: 2003(1),

(b)the silo must at no time be loaded to a depth exceeding the maximum depth consistent with the design assumption made in respect of the loadings of the retaining walls, and

(c)notices must be displayed on the retaining walls in accordance with paragraph 18 of that code of practice.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 5 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(3)

(1)

Publication date: 10 June 2003. ISBN 0-580-38654-6.