Environmental Protection PART 1 Preliminary Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purpose of and application of Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 General Duty of the controller to prevent water pollution 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty of the controller to comply with these Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemptions granted by the Department 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers Periods when the land application of fertiliser is prohibited 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derogation from the measures governing the limits on land application of livestock manure 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Storage requirements General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of storage of slurry 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilities 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of storage of dirty water 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of livestock manure storage capacity 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making and storage of silage 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Measures relating to land management Cover in winter 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crop management 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crop management for derogated holdings 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Record keeping and compliance monitoring Type of records required 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty of the controller not to provide false or misleading information 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Enforcement Enforcement 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeals against notices requiring works etc. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 Powers, duties and functions of the Departments Reporting 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reviewing 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 9 Miscellaneous Transitional provisions 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th December 2014 John Speers A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th December 2014 Dave Foster A senior officer of the Department of the Environment