Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2000
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 96
WATER
The Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2000
Made 31th March 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31th March 2000
Coming into force 8th May 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 8th May 2000.
(2) These Regulations apply to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Protection of Water Against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution (Scotland) Regulations 1996
2. The Protection of Water Against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution (Scotland) Regulations 19962are amended as follows:–
(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation)–
(i) after the definition of “chemical fertiliser”, there shall be inserted the following definitions:–
““code of good agricultural practice” means those parts of the Code of Good Practice for the Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity published in 1997 by the Scottish Office which are aimed at reducing pollution by nitrates3;
“deposited map” means the map which indicates or the maps which collectively indicate the extent of a nitrate vulnerable zone for the purposes of these Regulations, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Scottish Executive, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh and one copy of which is deposited at each local area office or sub-office of the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department within the area of which that nitrate vulnerable zone in whole or in part lies;”;
(ii) after the definition of “fertiliser”, there shall be inserted the following definition:–
““the first nitrate vulnerable zone” means the nitrate vulnerable zone described at paragraph 1 of Schedule 4;”; and
(iii) in the definition of “the Objectives”, for the words “the Directive” there shall be substituted the words “the 1991 Directive”;
(b) in regulation 3(1) (nitrate vulnerable zones), for the words “the area of land at Balmalcolm in the local government area of Fife, more particularly shown outlined in black on the plan annexed and...
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