The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 8th December 2010

Coming into operation: 1st January 2011

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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Territorial application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — General

Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution

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Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations

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PART 3 — Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers

Periods when the land application of nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited

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Requirements as to the manner of land application of nitrogen fertiliser to any agricultural land

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Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland

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Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland

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Derogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure

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PART 4 — Storage requirements

General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent

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Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises

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Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities

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Manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilities

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Manner of storage of dirty water

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Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity

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PART 5 — Measures relating to land management

Cover in winter

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Crop management

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Crop management for derogated holdings

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PART 6 — Record keeping and compliance monitoring

Type of records required

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Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information

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PART 7 — Enforcement

Enforcement

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Notices

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Appeals against notices requiring works etc.

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Offences

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Penalties

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PART 8 — Powers, duties and functions of the Departments

Reporting

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Reviewing

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PART 9 — Miscellaneous

Transitional provisions

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Consequential amendments

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE

PART1 — Criteria as to nutrient management