EC Fertilisers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. No. 503 of 2006).

The Regulations create offences for breaches by manufactures of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council relating to fertilisers regarding designation, compositional tolerances, identification, marking, labelling and packaging of fertilisers designated as EC fertilisers. Manufacturers are required to keep records described in Article 8 of the EU Regulation. The Regulations provide the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development with the power to serve compliance notices. They also provide for inspections and make provision for the authorisation of laboratories competent to analyse samples.