2014 No. 307
The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
Made
Coming into operation
F4The Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being departments designated F1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(F2 in relation to the environment, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section and the Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 32 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(F3 and, in accordance with Article 32(3) of that Order, the Department of the Environment having published a notice indicating the effect of these Regulations and having taken into consideration the representations made to it in accordance with the notice, make the following Regulations.
F4PART 1Preliminary
Citation and commencementF41
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Purpose of and application of RegulationsF42
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InterpretationF43
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F4PART 2General
Duty of the controller to prevent water pollutionF44
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Duty of the controller to comply with these RegulationsF45
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Exemptions granted by the DepartmentF46
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F4PART 3Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers
Periods when the land application of fertiliser is prohibitedF47
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Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural landF48
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General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliserF49
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Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grasslandF410
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Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grasslandF411
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Derogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manureF412
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Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorusF413
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F4PART 4Storage requirements
General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluentF414
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Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprisesF415
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Manner of storage of slurryF416
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Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilitiesF417
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Manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilitiesF418
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Manner of storage of dirty waterF419
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Calculation of livestock manure storage capacityF420
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Making and storage of silageF421
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F4PART 5Measures relating to land management
Cover in winterF422
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Crop managementF423
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Crop management for derogated holdingsF424
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F4PART 6Record keeping and compliance monitoring
Type of records requiredF425
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Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading informationF426
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F4PART 7Enforcement
EnforcementF427
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NoticesF428
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Appeals against notices requiring works etc.F429
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OffencesF430
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PenaltiesF431
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F4PART 8Powers, duties and functions of the Departments
ReportingF432
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ReviewingF433
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F4PART 9Miscellaneous
Transitional provisionsF434
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Consequential amendmentsF435
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RevocationsF436
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th December 2014
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th December 2014
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SCHEDULE 1Criteria for nutrient management
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F4SCHEDULE 2Requirements for slurry storage systems
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F4SCHEDULE 3Requirements for silos
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F4SCHEDULE 4Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land
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Regulations revoked (except Sch. 1 Table 1a which continues to have effect until 31.12.2019) (11.4.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/81), reg. 38(1)(a) (with regs. 36, 38(2))