The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2022/1305 (W262) |
| Year | 2022 |
2022 No. 1305 (W. 262)
Agriculture, Wales
Water, Wales
The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made 8th December 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru 9th December 2022
Coming into force 31th December 2022
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 92 and 219(2)(d) to (f) of the Water Resources Act 19911.
Title and coming into force
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 December 2022.
Amendment of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
2.—(1) The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 20212are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (transitional measures for holdings not previously in a nitrate vulnerable zone)—
(a)
(a) after “the relevant map marked “Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Index Map 2013”” insert “(the “NVZ index map”)”;
(b)
(b) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
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(a)
(a) regulations 5 to 11, 15, 23, 27, 33 to 35, and 37 to 43 do not apply until 1 January 2023,
(b)
(b) regulations 4 and 36 do not apply until 30 April 2023, and
(c)
(c) regulations 17 to 21, 25, 26, and 28 to 31 do not apply until 1 August 2024.
(3) In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), after the definition of “NRBW”, insert—
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“NVZ index map” (“map mynegai PPNmap mynegai PPN”) has the meaning given by regulation 2;
(4) In regulation 4 (application of livestock manure – total nitrogen limit for the whole holding)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (1), for “any year beginning 1 January”, substitute “the relevant period”;
(b)
(b) after paragraph (3), insert—
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4 In paragraph (1), “the relevant period” means—
(a) for an occupier of a holding within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, any 12 month period beginning 1 January;
(b) for an occupier of a holding or part of a holding that was not previously situated within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, any 12 month period beginning 30 April.
(5) In regulation 36 (record of nitrogen produced by animals on the holding)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (1), for “30 April”, substitute “the relevant date”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph (1)(a), for “previous calendar year”, substitute “previous 12 month period”;
(c)
(c) after paragraph (5), insert—
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6 In this regulation—
“previous 12 month period” (“cyfnod o 12 mis blaenorolcyfnod o 12 mis blaenorol”) means—
(a) for an occupier of a holding within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on...
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