The Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Made: 26th January 1994

Laid before Parliament: 27th January 1994

Coming into force: 17th February 1994

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 66(1), 79(2) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of the said Act with such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 17th February 1994.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1991[^f00002].

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2

The principal Regulations are hereby further amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.

3

In paragraph (2) of regulation 6, after the words “Groups 1(a), 1(b) and 2 of Section C”, there shall be added the words “Section D”.

4

In Part I of Schedule 2—

• (1) in paragraph 3, after item 26 there shall be added the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

• (2) in paragraph 7 of method 10, (“DETERMINATION OF EXTRACTED PHOSPHORUS”), for the figure “0.03074” there shall be substituted the figure “0.032074”;

• (3) after the provisions relating to method 26, (“DETERMINATION OF THE SODIUM EXTRACTED”), there shall be added the provisions set out in Schedule 2 of these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1 — PROVISIONS TO BE INSERTED IN PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 2 — PROVISIONS TO BE ADDED TO PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

Gillian Shephard — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 26th January 1994.

Hector Monro — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 19th January 1994

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 20th January 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 4 amend Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations by adding a number of methods of analysis concerning the trace elements boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc, where the declared content is less than or equal to 10%. Regulation 3 makes a minor drafting amendment.

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 93/1/EEC (OJ No. L113, 7.5.93, p. 17), which amends Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (OJ No. L213, 22.8.77, p. 1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of sampling and analysis of fertilisers.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1970 c. 40.The Act was amended by the Agriculture Act 1970 Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I.1982/980) and the Fertilisers Regulations 1991 (S.I.1991/2197).Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed”and “regulations”.The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I.1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/973, amended by S.I. 1991/2824.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1991/2197.