The EC Fertilisers (Scotland) Regulations 2006

PART I General

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the EC Fertilisers (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 4th December 2006.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th October 2003 relating to fertilisers(1);

“inspector” means a person appointed under regulation 11(2) or 14(3);

“operator” means a person to whom an approval has been issued and not withdrawn in respect of a laboratory–

(a)

pursuant to regulation 16(1); or

(b)

as described in regulation 16(3); and

“premises” includes any land, building, vehicle or trailer, container, stall or moveable structure, ship or other vessel, or aircraft.

(2) In these Regulations–

(a) a reference to a numbered Article or numbered Annex is a reference to the Article in, or Annex to, the Community Regulation so numbered;

(b) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations;

(c) any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which that paragraph occurs unless the reference is expressly stated to relate to a paragraph of an Article in the Community Regulation; and

(d) words or expressions that are used in the Community Regulation and these Regulations have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the Community Regulation.

(1)

O.J. No. L 304, 21.11.03, p.1 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2076/2004 (O.J. No. L 359, 4.12.2004, p.25).