
2023 No. 1266 (W. 221)
Agriculture, Wales
Water, Wales
The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (revoked)
Made 24 November 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru 29 November 2023
Coming into force 1sJanuary 2024
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Title and coming into force
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Amendments to the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
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Amendment of regulation 2 (transitional measures for holdings not previously in a nitrate vulnerable zone)
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Amendment of regulation 3 (interpretation)
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Insertion of new regulations 4A and 4B
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Amendment of regulation 14 (spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells)
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Amendment of regulations 24, 30, 31, 32, 47 and Schedule 6
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Insertion of new Schedule 1A (enhanced nutrient management requirements)
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SCHEDULE
Regulation 8
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SCHEDULE 1A
Enhanced nutrient management requirements
Regulations 4A and 4B
Application of Schedule 1A
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Interpretation
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Grazing livestock manure to be applied to the holding during relevant period
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Application of grazing livestock manure and non-grazing livestock manure
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Soil sampling analysis
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Determining the soil phosphorus index
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Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser
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Requirements for enhanced nutrient management plans
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Total phosphorus spread on a holding during relevant period
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Maximum phosphate limits by crop
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Additional information to be recorded during the relevant period
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Risk maps – additional requirements
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Maintaining the holding as a qualifying grassland holding
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Closed period for ploughing grass on the holding
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Sowing of crops following grass on the holding
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Crop rotation on the holding
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Recording the size of the holding
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Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals
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Livestock manure intended to be sent off the holding
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Records of crops sown
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Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser
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Recording the date of ploughing
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Fertilisation accounts
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Soil protection measures
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Locations of supplementary feeding and drinking sites for livestock
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Spreading of slurry during relevant period
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Spreading organic manure near surface water during relevant period
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