The Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations 1997
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 14th July 1997.
(2)
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2.
The principal Regulations are hereby further amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.
3.
In the table in Schedule 1—
(a)
in Group 1(a) of section A (Straight Fertilisers), after the provisions relating to the material Ammonium sulphonitrate with dicyandiamide (nitrification inhibitor), there shall be inserted in columns (2) to (5) the contents of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; 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 to these Regulations.
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SCHEDULE 1
Urea-ammonium sulphate | Product obtained chemically from urea and ammonium sulphate containing not less than 30% nitrogen (N). Minimum ammoniacal nitrogen content: 4%. Minimum sulphur content expressed as sulphur trioxide: 12%. | Amount of: Total nitrogen: Ammoniacal nitrogen; Ureic nitrogen; Water-soluble sulphur trioxide; Maximum biuret content: 0.9%. | 0.5 } As set out in paragraph } 7(a) of this Schedule 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 0.063 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 |
These Regulations further amend the Fertilisers Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”) and implement Commission Directive 96/28/EC (OJ No. L140, 13.6.96, p.30) adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/116/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilisers.
The Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, which relates to prescribed descriptions of material, meanings of names, particulars and information to be contained in the statutory statement and limits of variation, as regards fertilisers specified in the Table to that Schedule, by specifying additional fertilisers which may, in accordance with Commission Directive 96/28/EC, be designated as “EEC fertilisers” (regulation 3(a) and (b) and the Schedules).