Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on the following dates—

(a)

all provisions except regulation 7(b), and Schedule 2, on 16th November 1998; and

(b)

regulation 7(b) and Schedule 2 on 1st January 1999.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992^f1.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1992 No. 187 amended by S.R. 1995 No. 49 and S.R. 1997 No. 378
f2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)