1997 No. 378
The Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 66(1), 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 19701 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned, being a Department designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 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 makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 18th September 1997.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19924.
3
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19545 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2
The principal Regulations are hereby further amended in accordance with regulation 3.
3
In the table in Schedule 1—
a
in Group 1(a) of Section A (STRAIGHT FERTILISERS), after the provisions relation to the material Ammonium sulphonitrate with dicyandiamide (nitrification inhibitor), there shall be inserted in columns (2) to (5) the contents of Schedule 1; and
b
in Section E (SECONDARY NUTRIENT FERTILISERS), after the provisions relating to the material Magnesium sulphate solution, there shall be inserted in columns (2) to (5) the contents of Schedule 2.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
SCHEDULE 1
Urea-ammonium sulphate
Product obtained chemically from urea and ammonium sulphate containing not less than 30% nitrogen (N).
Amount of:Total nitrogen:
0.5
Minimum ammoniacal nitrogen content: 4%
Ammoniacal nitrogen; Ureic nitrogen;
As set out in paragraph 7(a)
Minimum sulphur content expressed as sulphur trioxide: 12% Maximum biuret content: 0.9%
Water-soluble sulphur trioxide;
0.9
SCHEDULE 2
Magnesium hydroxide
Product obtained chemically and having as its essential ingredient magnesium hydroxide and containing not less than 60% MgO. Particle size: at least 99% able to pass through a sieve with a mesh of 0.63 mm.
Total magnesium oxide
0.9
Suspension of magnesium hydroxide
Product obtained by suspension of magnesium hydroxide and containing not less than 24% MgO.
Total magnesium oxide
0.9
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)