{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/543",
  "legislation_title": "The EC Fertilisers (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ec-fertilisers-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General provisions relating to the marking, identification, labelling and packaging of UK fertilisers",
  "text": "(1) Any manufacturer who places on the market a fertiliser designated as a UK fertiliser shall be guilty of an offence unless the identification markings relating to it–\n(a) are borne as specified in paragraph (1) of Article 9 (markings);\n(b) comply with Article 9(2);\n(c) include an expression of contents as specified in paragraphs (1)(a) and (d), (4), (5) and (6) of Article 6 (compulsory statements);\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 required by paragraph (1) of Article 7 (identification).\n(2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), any manufacturer who places on the market a packaged fertiliser designated as a UK 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 paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 10 (labelling);\n(c) the packaging complies with Article 12 (packaging); and\n(d) the language in which those identification markings appear complies with Article 11 (languages).\n(3) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), any manufacturer who places on the market a bulk fertiliser designated as a UK 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 the identification markings meets the requirements of Article 10(3); and\n(c) the language in which the identification markings appear complies with Article 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Pesticides (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/25), regs. 1, 2(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Pesticides (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/25), regs. 1, 2(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Pesticides (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/25), regs. 1, 2(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Pesticides (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/25), regs. 1, 2(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/543/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:22.168773+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."
}