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The Fertilisers Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/2197 · Made 15 September 1991 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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AGRICULTURE

Made 15th September 1991

Laid before Parliament 11th October 1991

Coming into force 1st November 1991

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) and 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, and the Secretary of State, being the Minister designatedf3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f4 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 40; section 74A 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.

f3

S.I. 1976/897.

f4

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and interpretation
  2. 1AControl of materials designated as EC fertilisers Repealed
  3. 2Control of materials designated as EC fertilisers Repealed
  4. 2AScope: “UK fertilisers”
  5. 2BScope: “EC fertilisers”
  6. 3Control of materials ...
  7. 3ARegulation 3A Repealed
  8. 4Use and meaning of prescribed names and descriptions of material
  9. 5Prescribed descriptions of material and particulars and information to be contained in the statutory statement
  10. 6Limits of variation
  11. 7Time by which a statutory statement relating to certain materials must be given
  12. 8Manner of marking and labelling material
  13. 9Modification of section 69(1) for certain imported material
  14. 10Register of marks
  15. 11Enforcement Repealed
  16. 12Amendment as respects metrication
  17. 13Revocation
  18. Signature
  19. Schedule 1: PRESCRIBED DESCRIPTIONS OF MATERIAL, MEANINGS OF NAMES, PARTICULARS AND INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN THE STATUTORY STATEMENT AND LIMITS OF VARIATION
  20. 1Limits of variation
  21. 2Paragraph 2
  22. 3Paragraph 3
  23. 4Paragraph 4
  24. 5Paragraph 5
  25. 6Paragraph 6
  26. 7Paragraph 7
  27. 8Paragraph 8
  28. SECTION A:STRAIGHT FERTILISERS
  29. SECTION B:COMPOUND FERTILISERS
  30. SECTION C:FLUID FERTILISERS
  31. SECTION D:TRACE ELEMENT FERTILISERS
  32. SECTION E:SECONDARY NUTRIENTS FERTILISERS
  33. Schedule 2: MANNER OF MARKING AND LABELLING MATERIALS AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  34. Part I: PROVISIONS AS TO THE MANNER OF MARKING MATERIAL
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. 2Paragraph 2
  37. 3Paragraph 3
  38. 4Paragraph 4
  39. 5Paragraph 5
  40. 6Paragraph 6
  41. 7Paragraph 7
  42. 8Paragraph 8
  43. 9Paragraph 9
  44. Part II: REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MANNER OF LABELLING MATERIAL AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  45. 1Paragraph 1
  46. 2Paragraph 2
  47. 3Paragraph 3
  48. Explanatory note