PART 1General

Title and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the EC Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2007.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council relating to fertilisers3;

  • “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

  • “fertiliser” means material, the main function of which is to provide nutrients for plants;

  • “premises” includes any place, any vehicle or trailer, any container, any stall or moveable structure, and any ship or aircraft.

2

In these Regulations—

a

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

b

expressions that are used in the Community Regulation and these Regulations have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the Community Regulation.

3

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19544 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.