PART IGeneral

Citation, commencement and extent1

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.

Interpretation2

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 fertilisers2;

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  • “operator” means a person to whom an approval has been issued and not withdrawn in respect of a laboratory–

    1. a

      pursuant to regulation 16(1); or

    2. 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.