- agricultural area
(“ardal amaethyddol”) means any agricultural land used for agricultural purposes;
- agriculture
(“amaethyddiaeth”) has the meaning given in section 109(3) of the Agriculture Act 1947;
- certified compost
means green compost or green/food compost in relation to which the supplier confirms in writing that it meets the standards set out in the publication PAS 100:2011 on composted materials dated January 2011 and contains no livestock manure;
- construct
(“adeiladu”) includes install;
- construction
includes substantial enlargement and reconstruction.
- controlled waters
(“dyfroedd a reolir”) has the meaning given in section 104 of the Water Resources Act 1991;
- crop with high nitrogen demand
(“cnwd â galw mawr am nitrogen”) includes, but not limited to, grass, potatoes, sugar beet, maize, wheat, oilseed rape, barley, brassicas, rye and triticale;
- enhanced nutrient management plan
(“cynllun rheoli maethynnau uwch”) means a plan prepared in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 1A;
- fertilisation plan
(“cynllun gwrteithio”) means a plan prepared under regulation 6(1)(c);
- grass
(“porfa”) means— (a) permanent grassland or temporary grassland (temporary means for less than four years), (b) that exists between the sowing and ploughing of the grass, and (c) includes crops under-sown with grass, but does not include grassland with 50 % or more clover;
- grazing livestock
(“da byw sy’n pori”) means any animal specified in Table 1 in Schedule 1;
- holding
(“daliad”) means all land and its associated buildings that are at the disposal of the occupier and which are used for the growing of crops in soil or rearing of livestock for agricultural purposes;
- land that has a low run-off risk
(“tir y mae’r risg o oferu drosto yn isel”) means land that— (a) has an average slope of less than 3° (3 degrees), (b) does not have land drains (other than a sealed impermeable pipe), and (c) is at least 50 metres from a watercourse or conduit leading to a watercourse;
- livestock
(“da byw”) means any animal (including poultry) specified in Schedule 1;
- manufactured nitrogen fertiliser
(“gwrtaith nitrogen a weithgynhyrchwyd”) means any nitrogen fertiliser (other than organic manure) manufactured by an industrial process;
- manufactured phosphate fertiliser
(“gwrtaith ffosffad a weithgynhyrchywd”) means any phosphate feriliser (other than organic manure) manufactured by an industrial process;
- nitrogen fertiliser
(“gwrtaith nitrogen”) means any substance containing one or more nitrogen compounds used on land to enhance growth of vegetation and includes organic manure;
- non-grazing livestock
(“da byw nad ydynt yn pori”) means any animal specified in Table 2 in Schedule 1;
- notice
(“hysbysiad”) means notice in writing;
- NRW
(“CNC”) means Natural Resources Wales;
- orchard land
means land on which any fruit listed in Schedule 2 is grown;
- organic manure
(“tail organig”) means any nitrogen fertiliser or phosphate fertiliser derived from animal, plant or human sources and includes livestock manure;
- organic manure with high readily available nitrogen
means organic manure in which more than 30 % of the total nitrogen content is available to the crop at the time of spreading.
- phosphate fertiliser
(“gwrtaith ffosffad”) means any substance containing one or more phosphorus compounds used on land to enhance growth of vegetation and includes organic manure;
- poultry
(“dofednod”) means poultry specified in Schedule 1;
- precision spreading equipment
(“cyfarpar taenu manwl”) means a trailing shoe, dribble bar or injector system;
- previous 12 month period
(“cyfnod o 12 mis blaenorol”) means— (a) for an occupier of a holding within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, the 12 month period beginning 1 January and ending 31 December before the relevant date;
- qualifying grassland holding
(“daliad glaswelltir cymhwysol”) means a holding or part of a holding that was not previously situated within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, where 80% or more of the agricultural area of the holding is sown with grass • “reception pit” (“pydew derbyn”) means a pit used for the collection of slurry before it is transferred into a slurry storage tank or for the collection of slurry discharged from such a tank;
- reception pit
(“pydew derbyn”) means a pit used for the collection of slurry before it is transferred into a slurry storage tank or for the collection of slurry discharged from such a tank;
- relevant date
(“dyddiad perthnasol”) means— (a) for an occupier of a holding within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, 30 April, (b) for an occupier of a holding or part of a holding that were not previously situated within a nitrate vulnerable zone as shown on the NVZ index map, 30 April 2025 and for all subsequent years 30 April.
- relevant period
(“cyfnod perthnasol”) means the period beginning with 1 January 2024 and ending with 31 December 2024;
- relevant water abstraction
means the abstraction of water for use for—
- sandy soil
(“pridd tywodlyd”) means any soil over sandstone, and any other soil where— (a) in the layer up to 40 cm deep, there are— (a) more than 50 % by weight of particles from 0.06 to 2 mm in diameter, (b) less than 18 % by weight of particles less than 0.02 mm diameter, and (c) less than 5 % by weight of organic carbon, and (b) in the layer from 40 to 80 cm deep, there are— (a) more than 70 % by weight of particles from 0.06 to 2 mm in diameter, (b) less than 15 % by weight of particles less than 0.02 mm diameter, and (c) less than 5 % by weight of organic carbon;
- silage
(“silwair”) includes a crop being made into silage;
- silage effluent
(“elifiant silwair”) means effluent from silage;
- silo
(“seilo”) means a structure used for making or storing silage;
- slurry
(“slyri”) means liquid or semi-liquid matter composed of— (a) excreta produced by livestock (other than poultry) while in a yard or building (including that held in wood chip corrals), or (b) a mixture wholly or mainly consisting of livestock excreta, livestock bedding, rainwater and washings from a building or yard used by livestock, of a consistency that allows it to be pumped or discharged by gravity at any stage in the handling process;
- slurry storage tank
(“tanc storio slyri”) includes a lagoon, a pit (other than a reception pit) or tower used for the storage of slurry;
- soil phosphorus index
(“mynegai ffosfforws pridd”) means a reference to the index number assigned to the soil in accordance with Table 1 of this Schedule, to indicate the level of phosphorus available from the soil;“soil sampling analysis” (“dadansoddiad samplu pridd”) means analysis of a soil sample carried out by a soil testing laboratory to analyse soils for phosphorus.
- soil sampling analysis
(“dadansoddiad samplu pridd”) means analysis of a soil sample carried out by a soil testing laboratory to analyse soils for phosphorus.
- spreading
(“taenu”) includes application to the surface of the land, injection into the land or mixing with the surface layers of the land but does not include the direct deposit of excreta on to land by animals;
- water supply source
means inland freshwaters or ground waters from which a relevant water abstraction is made or licensed to be made.
- watercourse
(“cwrs dŵr”) has the meaning given in section 221 of the Water Resources Act 1991.