Part I Definitions

In this Schedule:—

• “sampled portion” means a quantity of a material constituting a unit and having characteristics presumed to be uniform;

• “incremental sample” means a quantity taken from one point in the sampled portion;

• “aggregate sample” means an aggregate of incremental samples taken from the same sampled portion;

• “reduced sample” means a representative part of the aggregate sample obtained from the latter by a process of reduction; and

• “final sample” means a representative part of the reduced sample or, where no intermediate reduction is required, of the aggregate sample.