The Order firstly provides for the designation of Water Management Areas in Jersey; under the Order all land in Jersey is designated as one of 8 Water Management Areas. The 8 areas are delineated by a geographic information system (GIS) map that is available to view on a website under the control of the Department for the Environment. The Schedule contains a representation of the map for information purposes only. The restrictions and requirements imposed by this Order apply in respect of any person who imports, sells, purchases, stores or uses any fertilizer in the course of a business activity or operation in any Water Management Area designated by this Order. Fertilizers are distinguished between nutrient and organic fertilizers. The Order sets for storage requirements of fertilizers and requires person who uses or plans to use fertilizers on any land to prepare a written plan (nutrient management plan or organic fertilizer management plan) and establishes its content. This include risk assessment, storage arrangements, assessment of the nutrient requirements, etc. The Order continues regulating equipment, and how the application of fertilizers has to be made. Land must be managed in such a way that the risk of pollution to controlled waters is minimised. Any person who manages that land must have in place a written plan, to be known as a “soil protection plan”, designed to allow for the sustainable management of the soil in a way that optimises the productivity of the land and minimises the risk of pollution to controlled waters. The soil protection plan must include the following matters (a) a statement setting out the measures undertaken to protect the soil and manage its cultivation along with a water pollution risk assessment in respect of the land; (b) the identification of each field under cultivation of which is or may be at risk of water pollution due to factors such as erosion, compaction or persistent loss of soil, poor draining or poaching by livestock; (c) where factors giving rise to a risk of water pollution occur regularly, the measures put in place for addressing them, including an appropriate timescale for review of the measures and an assessment of their success.
جيرزي (المملكة المتحدة) · 2021-02-01