The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Fertilisers Regulations 1991

2.—(1) The Fertilisers Regulations 1991(1) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulations 1A and 2.

(3) Before regulation 3 insert—

“Scope: “EC fertilisers”

2A.   These Regulations do not apply to fertilisers designated as “EC fertilisers”.”.

(4) In regulation 3—

(a) in the heading omit “not designated as EEC fertilisers or EC fertilisers”;

(b) renumber the existing regulation as paragraph (1) of regulation 3;

(c) omit the words from “, not being designated” to “EC fertiliser,”.

(5) In regulation 3A—

(a) renumber the existing regulation as paragraph (2) of regulation 3;

(b) omit the words from “, not being designated” to “EC fertiliser,”.

(6) In regulation 4(4) and (5) omit the words from “, not being designated” to “EC fertilisers,”.

(7) In the following regulations omit the words from “, not being designated” to “EC fertiliser,”—

(a) regulation 7(b) and (c);

(b) regulation 9(b) and (c).

(8) In regulation 10(1), in the words before paragraph (a), for the words from the beginning to “as respects” substitute “As respects”.

(9) Omit regulation 11.

(10) Schedule 1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (11) to (13).

(11) In the following paragraphs omit the words from “, not being designated” to “EC fertilisers,”—

(a) paragraph 6;

(b) paragraph 7(a)(i) and (b).

(12) In Section B of the table, in column (4), in the table relating to nitrogen, in each place it occurs—

(a) omit the column headed “EC fertiliser”;

(b) in the second column, for “Other than EEC fertilisers or EC fertiliser” substitute “Fertiliser”.

(13) In Section C of the table, in group 2, in column (4), in each place they occur, omit—

(a) “EC fertiliser”;

(b) “Other than EEC fertilisers or EC fertiliser”.

(14) Schedule 2 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (15) and (16).

(15) In Part 1, in paragraph 1—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b) in sub-paragraph (i) omit the words from the beginning to “EC fertilisers,”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (k), in the second sentence omit the words from “, sold” to “EC fertiliser,”.

(16) In Part 2, in paragraph 2 omit the words from the beginning to “EC fertiliser,”.

(1)

S.I. 1991/2197, amended by S.I. 1995/16, 1998/2024, 2011/1043; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.