These Regulations consolidate and supersede the fertilizers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/973) and amendments of these Regulations. They provide for a number of matters concerning the sampling and analysis of fertilizers including: (a) the amounts of fertilizers from which samples are to be taken (reg. 2); (b) the manner of taking, marking, sealing, and fastening up of samples (reg. 3); the methods of sending part of a sample (reg. 4); (d) the required qualifications of agricultural analysts (reg. 5); (e) the methods by which the analysis are to carried out and the form of a certificate of analysis. The principal changes from the superseded Regulations are the introduction of sampling procedures for trace elements in fertilizers at a concentration more than 10 percent and methods for sieving of lime products and the deletion of certain otiose methods. (9 regulations completed by 3 Schedules containing rules with respect to the manner of taking, marking, sealing and fastening up of samples and the form of certificate of analysis)
Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1342).