Agricultural Chemists Regulations 1980
Made 1980 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- Mauritius
- Subjects
- Livestock, Food and nutrition, Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- inspection, food safety and quality, registration
- Categories
- agriculture
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Agricultural Chemists Regulations 1980 GN No. 59 of 1980 Regulations made by the Minister under section 8 of the Agricultural Chemists Act 1979 1. These regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Chemists Regulations 1980. 2. In these regulations "Act" means the Agricultural Chemists Act 1979; "approved laboratory" means a laboratory which, in the opinion of the Committee, has the necessary facilities for analysis of (i) agricultural products and by-products; (ii) substances used in agriculture or any industry dealing with agricultural products. 3. Any person who is entitled to registration under section 6 (1) of the Act shall on registration, pay a fee of fifty rupees. 4. There shall be kept at the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Environment a register in which shall be entered a list of all approved laboratories. 5. (1) No laboratory shall be registered as an approved laboratory unless it has, on application made in writing, obtained from the Committee a certificate in the form set out in the First Schedule. (2) The certificate mentioned in subparagraph (1) shall be valid for one year and may, with the approval of the Committee, be renewed for further periods of one year. 6. (1) Subject to subparagraph (2), no person other than a registered Agricultural Chemist shall make any analysis of (a) an agricultural product or by-product; (b) a substance used in agriculture or industry dealing with agricultural products. (2) No analysis mentioned in subparagraph (1) shall be made by a registered Agricultural Chemist except in an approved laboratory. Made by the Minister on the 28th day of February, 1980. FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 5) FORM OF CERTIFICATE ................................................................................................... is hereby certified to be an approval laboratory and may be used for making analyses of the following substances: This certificate is valid for the period commencing on . ...................................... and ending on and may, with the approval of the Committee, be renewed.