Regulation 4 Restriction on mammalian meat and bone meal as or in fertiliser in other cases

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall—

(a)

sell or have in his possession with a view to sale, for use as a fertiliser on any land other than agricultural land; or

(b)

use as a fertiliser on any such land,

any mammalian meat and bone meal or any material derived from or containing mammalian meat and bone meal to any extent unless the mammalian meat and bone meal concerned was manufactured in accordance with regulation 3 of the Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) (Conditions of Manufacture) Regulations 1998^f1.

(2)

Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall prevent—

(a)

the sale for use on any land other than agricultural land;

(b)

the possession with a view to such sale; or

(c)

the use on any such land,

of any fertiliser consisting solely of mammalian meat and bone meal or derived from or containing mammalian meat and bone meal to any extent if that mammalian meat and bone meal was manufactured before the date of coming into force of these Regulations and the contract for its purchase by the manufacturer of that fertiliser was made before that date.

(3)

In this regulation, the references to mammalian meat and bone meal being “manufactured” are references to the rendering process by which the mammalian meat and bone meal concerned was derived.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1998/954.