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Implementation Timetable

The rules apply within the existing NVZs from 1 January 2009, and within the new NVZs from 1 January 2010.

For a detailed timetable of implementation dates refer to: Guidance for Farmers in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones: Leaflet 2.

This Leaflet provides guidance on the following issues concerning the scope of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations (‘NVZ rules’), the timing of their implementation, and their enforcement:

• Am I responsible for complying with the rules?
• What if my farm is part-in and part-out of a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone?
• What is nitrogen fertiliser?
• When do the rules come into force?
• Compliance assessment and enforcement
• Other information relating to implementation of the rules
• Further advice and information