{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/503",
  "legislation_title": "EC Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General provisions relating to identification, marking, labelling and packaging of EC fertilisers",
  "text": "(1) Any manufacturer who places on the market a fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless the identification markings relating to it—\n(a) are borne as specified in Article 9(1);\n(b) comply with Article 9(2);\n(c) include a declaration of contents as specified in Article 6(1)(a) and (d), (4), (5) and (6);\n(d) include the additional instructions called for by Article 9(3) if it is a fluid fertiliser; and\n(e) have been provided as specified in Article 7(1).\n(2) Any manufacturer who places on the market a packaged fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless—\n(a) the identification markings appear as specified in the first sentence of Article 7(2);\n(b) the packaging and labelling of the fertiliser complies with Article 10(1) and (2);\n(c) the packaging complies with Article 12; and\n(d) the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.\n(3) Any manufacturer who places on the market a bulk fertiliser designated as an EC fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless—\n(a) the identification markings appear as specified in the second sentence of Article 7(2);\n(b) a copy of the documents containing them meets the requirements of Article 10(3); and\n(c) the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 1.2.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/503/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:43:48.566198+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}