
2010 No. 411
Environmental Protection
The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (revoked)
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
Regulations 8, 9, 10, 16
PART 1 Criteria as to nutrient management
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PART 2 Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance
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