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

PART 2 Amendment of out of date references

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,”.

The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety Regulations 2003

3.  In Schedule 2 to the Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety Regulations 2003(2), in paragraph 12, in notes 1 and 2, for the words from “Annex II” to “87/94/EEC” substitute “Annex 3 to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers(3)”.

The EC Fertilisers (England and Wales) Regulations 2006

4.—(1) The EC Fertilisers (England and Wales) Regulations 2006(4) are amended as follows.

(2) In the following regulations, for “National Assembly for Wales”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Welsh Ministers”—

(a) regulation 10;

(b) regulation 14;

(c) regulation 19.

(3) In regulation 10—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “it” substitute “they”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “it” substitute “them”.

(4) Omit regulation 16.

(5) In regulation 17(c), for “33” substitute “30”.

(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.

(2)

S.I. 2003/1082, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

OJ No L 304 21.11.2003, p 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1618 (OJ No L 242, 9.9.2016, p 24).

(4)

S.I. 2006/2486, amended by S.I. 2011/1043.