Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Regulations, 1957.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Regulations, 1957.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1958.
2 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
" the Act " means the Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act, 1955 (No. 8 of 1955) ;
" complex fertiliser " means any fertiliser which contains not less than two of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and in which any such elements are associated either naturally or by chemical means only ;
" liming material " means any fertiliser manufactured for use as a corrective of acidity in the soil ;
" mixed fertiliser " means any fertiliser which has been manufactured by mixing together two or more substances and which contains not less than two of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ;
" single fertiliser " means any fertiliser which contains one only of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ;
" superphosphate " means any fertiliser which has been produced by the treatment of rock phosphate with phosphoric acid or with sulphuric acid or with both phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid.
3 Particulars to be contained in statement.
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paragraphs: —(1) A statement given for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 2 of the act in relation to any article other than a feeding stuff or a compound feeding stuff specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations shall contain the following particulars only :
(a) the business name and address of the seller of the article to which the statement relates,
(b) the date on which the article was sold to the purchaser,
(c) the name under which the article was sold,
(d) the identifying marks (if any) on the container or on a label affixed to the container of the article, and
(e) such particulars of the article as are indicated in the next paragraph.
(2) The particulars referred to in subparagraph (e) of the foregoing paragraph are as follows, except that in the case of the articles mentioned in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this paragraph particulars as formerly prescribed under Article 9 of the Emergency Powers (Manufacture and Sale of Fertilisers) Order, 1944 (No. 49 of 1944), shall continue to be given for the period ending 30th June, 1958 :
(a) if the article is a liming material—
(i) the minimum neutralising value of the article, and in the case of ground limestone—
(ii) the amount of the article that will pass through a 1/8 inch sieve conforming to Irish Standard 24 : 1950, and
(iii) the minimum amount of the article that will pass through a No. 100 sieve conforming to that Standard ;
(b) if the article is basic slag—
(i) the minimum amounts of—
citric acid soluble phosphorus, and citric acid
insoluble phosphorus,
contained in the article, and
(ii) the minimum amount of the article that will pass through a No. 100 sieve conforming to Irish Standard 24 : 1950 ;
(c) if the article is superphosphate or a mixture of which superphosphate is the only source of phosphorus—
(i) the minimum amounts (if any) of—
nitrogen,
water soluble phosphorus, and
potassium,
contained in the article, and
(ii) the amount (if any) of boron contained in the article ;
(d) if the article is any other fertiliser—
(i) the minimum amounts (if any) of—
nitrogen,
water soluble phosphorus,
citrate soluble phosphorus,
citrate insoluble phosphorus, and
potassium,
contained in the article,
(ii) the amount (if any) of boron contained in the article, and,
in the case of ground rock phosphate,
(iii) the minimum amount of the article that will pass through a No. 100 sieve conforming to Irish Standard 24 : 1950 ;