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The Fertilisers Regulations 1990

S.I. 1990/887 · Made 29 March 1990

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AGRICULTURE

Made 29th March 1990

Laid before Parliament 30th April 1990

Coming into force 21st May 1990

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1), (2) and (3), 69(1), (3), 6) and (7), 70(1), 74(1), 74A(1), (2) and (4) 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970f1 and now vested in themf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 84(1) of the said Act with such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 40; section 74(A) was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and there are other amendments to the Act not relevant to these Regulations.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Control of materials designated as EEC fertilisers
  3. 3Control of materials not designated as EEC fertilisers
  4. 4Use and meaning of prescribed names and descriptions of material
  5. 5Prescribed descriptions of material and particulars and information to be contained in the statutory statement
  6. 6Limits of variation
  7. 7Time by which a statutory statement relating to certain material must be given
  8. 8Manner of marking and labelling material
  9. 9Modification of section 69(1) and (2) for certain imported material
  10. 10Register of marks
  11. 11Application of various sections of the Act
  12. 12Amendment as respects metrication
  13. 13Revocation
  14. Signature
  15. Schedule 1: PRESCRIBED DESCRIPTIONS OF MATERIAL, MEANINGS OF NAMES, PARTICULARS AND INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN THE STATUTORY STATEMENT AND LIMITS OF VARIATION
  16. 1Limits of variation
  17. 2Limits of variation
  18. 3Limits of variation
  19. 4Limits of variation
  20. 5Limits of variation
  21. 6Limits of variation
  22. 7Limits of variation
  23. SECTION A.STRAIGHT FERTILISERS
  24. SECTION B.COMPOUND FERTILISERS
  25. SECTION C.FLUID FERTILISERS
  26. SECTION D.TRACE ELEMENTS
  27. Schedule 2: MANNER OF MARKING AND LABELLING MATERIAL AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  28. Part I: PROVISIONS AS TO THE MANNER OF MARKING MATERIAL
  29. 1Paragraph 1
  30. 2Paragraph 2
  31. 3Paragraph 3
  32. 4Paragraph 4
  33. 5Paragraph 5
  34. 6Paragraph 6
  35. 7Paragraph 7
  36. 8Paragraph 8
  37. 9Paragraph 9
  38. Part II: REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MANNER OF LABELLING MATERIAL AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  39. 1Paragraph 1
  40. 2Paragraph 2
  41. 3Paragraph 3
  42. Explanatory note