Spray Irrigation (Definition) Order 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/1096 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 1096
WATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Spray Irrigation (Definition) Order 1992
Made 27th April 1992
Laid before Parliament 5th May 1992
Coming into force 18th May 1992
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 72(5) of the Water Resources Act 19911and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Spray Irrigation (Definition) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 18th May 1992.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“growth regulators” means substances used for accelerating or retarding the normal growth of plants;
“moveable” means, in relation to any apparatus, mounted on wheels or portable and in either case not connected by pipe to an inland water or to water contained in any underground strata;
“nutrients” means substances (other than water) that are necessary for the healthy growth of plants;
“quality additives” means substances (other than water, growth regulators or nutrients) used for improving or maintaining the yield or quality of plants or for improving their quality when harvested and during any period of conservation and applied to the growing plants or to the soil in which they grow.
Restriction of spray irrigation provisions
3. References to spray irrigation in those provisions of the Water Resources Act 1991 that are specified in the Schedule hereto shall be construed as not including spray irrigation if carried out—
(a) by means of a combination of water and substances used for protecting plants against pests or disease or for exterminating or restricting the growth of weeds or grass and emerging from apparatus that is moveable;
(b) by means of a combination of water and growth regulators or nutrients emerging from apparatus that is moveable;
(c) by means of a combination of water and manure or dung—
(i) emerging from apparatus that is moveable, or
(ii) emerging from spray guns insofar as the water used by such guns in any period of 14 days does not exceed the aggregate capacity of the effluent pits or tanks situated on the holding from which the...
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