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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fertilisers-regulations-northern-ireland-1992/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1992/187",
  "legislation_title": "The Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fertilisers-regulations-northern-ireland-1992",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Limits of variation",
  "text": "The limits of variation permitted in respect of the declared content for the forms of nitrogen or the declared solubilities of phosphorus pentoxide shall be as follows:\n(a) except as provided in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, the limit of variation shall be one-tenth of the overall content of the nutrient concerned, with a maximum of 2% by weight:\nProvided that the overall content of that nutrient remains within:\n(i) the levels specified in the third column of the following table save as respects the materials in Groups 1 to 4 of Section B and Group 2 of Section C of the said table which, not being designated as EEC fertilisers, are sold or offered for sale;\n(ii) the limits of variation specified in the fifth or, where appropriate, the sixth column of the said table;\n(b) in the case of materials in Group 1(c) of Section A and Groups 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of Section B and Groups 1(d), 2, 3 and 4 of Section C of the following table which, not being designated as EEC fertilisers, are sold or offered for sale, the limits of variation for ureic nitrogen when declared at 10% and above shall be plus or minus 1.5% by weight and when declared below 10% shall be plus or minus 1.0% by weight.",
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  "version": "current",
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