The Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Amendment of the principal Regulations

4.—(1) In Part I of Schedule 2–

(a) paragraph 1(b) shall be omitted;

(b) for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(c) in paragraph 3–

(i) items 12a and b, and 13a and b shall be omitted, and

(ii) after item 16g (Determination of copper) there shall be added the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(d) in the 11th line of the table for method 10, for the lines indicating nil entries in the fifth and sixth columns there shall be substituted the figures “50” and “500” respectively;

(e) the provisions relating to the following methods of analysis shall be omitted–

(i) method 12a: Determination of water-soluble magnesium — atomic absorption spectrophotometric method,

(ii) method 12b: Determination of water-soluble magnesium — EDTA method,

(iii) method 13a: Determination of total magnesium — atomic absorption spectrophotometric method, and

(iv) method 13b: Determination of total magnesium — EDTA method;

(f) in paragraph 4.3 of method 16c: Determination of Combustible Ingredients, for the expression “(See Figure 1)” there shall be substituted the expression “(See Figure 9)”;

(g) after the provisions relating to method 16g: Determination of copper, there shall be added the provisions set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(2) In Part II of Schedule 2–

(a) paragraph 1(b) shall be omitted;

(b) for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(c) in paragraph 3, for item 8 there shall be substituted

“8.   Determination of zinc”;

(d) for the provisions relating to method 8: Determination of total magnesium, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

(3) At the end of the Appendix to Schedule 2, there shall be inserted the Diagram and key set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.

(4) In Schedule 3–

(a) in the first column for the results of analysis, before the line referring to “Chlorine (C)”, there shall be inserted the following provisions–

“Calcium oxide (CaO)

Total ... ... ... ...

Soluble in water ... ... ... ...

Sodium oxide (Na₂O)

Total ... ... ... ...

Soluble in water ... ... ... ...

Sulphur trioxide (SO₃)

Total ... ... ... ...

Soluble in water ... ... ... ...”;

(b) in the second column for the results of analysis–

(i) the expression “Magnesium (Mg)” shall be omitted, and

(ii) below the expression “Molybdenum (Mo)” there shall be added “Zinc (Zn)”.