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“operator” means a person to whom an approval has been issued and not withdrawn in respect of a laboratory–
- a
pursuant to regulation 16(1); or
- b
as described in regulation 16(3); and
- a
“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.