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The Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

S.R. 1992/187 · Made 8 April 1992

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AGRICULTURE

Made 8th April 1992

Coming into operation 18th May 1992

The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 66(1)f1, 68(1), (2) and (3), 69(1), (3), (6) and (7), 70(1), 74(1), 74A(1), (2) and (4), 84 and 86(1), (2), (3) and (9) of the Agriculture Act 1970f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned, being a Department 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 it by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”

f2

1970 c. 40; section 74A was inserted by s. 4(1) of, and 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

f3

S.I. 1976/897

f4

1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 1984 No. 253

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) for certain imported material
  10. 10Register of marks
  11. 11Enforcement
  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. 8Limits of variation
  24. Schedule 2: MANNER OF MARKING AND LABELLING MATERIALS AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  25. Part I: PROVISIONS AS TO THE MANNER OF MARKING MATERIAL
  26. 1Paragraph 1
  27. 2Paragraph 2
  28. 3Paragraph 3
  29. 4Paragraph 4
  30. 5Paragraph 5
  31. 6Paragraph 6
  32. 7Paragraph 7
  33. 8Paragraph 8
  34. 9Paragraph 9
  35. Part II: REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MANNER OF LABELLING MATERIAL AND FASTENING OF PACKAGED MATERIAL
  36. 1Paragraph 1
  37. 2Paragraph 2
  38. 3Paragraph 3
  39. Explanatory note