Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

i Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.R. No. 111/1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objectives 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Principal Regulations 2 5. Effective neutralising value 2 6. Use of numbers in the label or advice note 2 7. Biuret concentration on label or advice note 2 8. Warning statements 3 9. Particle size for sulphur 3 10. Concentration levels of impurities 3 ═══════════════ NOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 1998 S.R. No. 111/1998 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 1 September 1998 Responsible Minister: PATRICK McNAMARA Minister for Agriculture and Resources SHARNE BRYAN Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objectives The objective of these Regulations is to make further provision for standards and labelling requirements for fertilisers. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 76 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992. 3. Commencement (1) These Regulations, except regulation 8(2), come into operation on 1 September 1998. (2) Regulation 8(2) comes into operation on 1 September 1999. -- 2 of 6 -- S.R. No. 111/1998 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 2 4. Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) Regulations 19951 are called the Principal Regulations. 5. Effective neutralising value (1) In regulation 5(b) of the Principal Regulations, for "liming materials" substitute "lime". (2) In regulation 5(b)(i) of the Principal Regulations, for "material" (where secondly occurring) substitute "lime". 6. Use of numbers in the label or advice note For regulation 8(3) of the Principal Regulations, substitute — "(3) Numbers used in the label or advice note of a fertiliser to state the analytical composition which are not whole numbers— (a) in the case of numbers including and below the mid range, other than numbers which are 0·5 or less, must be rounded down to the nearest whole number or the first decimal place; and (b) in the case of numbers above the mid range must be rounded up to the nearest whole number or the first decimal place". 7. Biuret concentration on label or advice note In regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations, for sub-regulation (2) substitute— "(2) Sub-regulation (1) only applies to urea or other fully soluble products containing urea". r. 4 -- 3 of 6 -- S.R. No. 111/1998 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 3 8. Warning statements (1) In regulation 21(1)(c) of the Principal Regulations, after "molybdenum (Mo)" (where first occurring) insert— ", other than fertilisers containing molybdenum which also contain copper in an equivalent or greater amount than molybdenum,". (2) In regulation 21(1)(d) of the Principal Regulations, for the expression commencing "WARNING" and ending at the end of the paragraph substitute— "WARNING—this product must not be applied at a rate greater than that shown on the label or advice note and should not be used if selenium deficiency does not exist in stock grazing on the area where the product is to be applied. Do not allow stock access to spills of unused fertiliser. Excessive use of this product can be toxic to livestock.". 9. Particle size for sulphur In regulation 34(2) and 34(3) of the Principal Regulations— (a) omit "elemental" (wherever occurring); (b) after "sulphur" (wherever occurring) insert "particles". 10. Concentration levels of impurities (1) In regulation 35(1) of the Principal Regulations— (a) omit "maximum concentration"; (b) in paragraph (b), for "product." substitute "product; and"; and r. 8 -- 4 of 6 -- S.R. No. 111/1998 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 4 (c) after paragraph (b) insert— "(c) fertilisers that are wholly constituted by trace elements must not exceed 50 mg of cadmium per kg of total product.". (2) In regulation 35(2) of the Principal Regulations— (a) omit "maximum concentration"; (b) for "2.0" substitute "5.0". (3) For regulation 35(3) of the Principal Regulations substitute— "(3) The level of lead (Pb)— (a) for fertilisers that are wholly constituted by trace elements must not exceed 2000.0 mg/kg of total product; and (b) for fertilisers that are partially constituted by trace elements, must not exceed 500.0 mg/kg of total product; and (c) for fertilisers that do not contain trace elements must not exceed 100.0 mg/kg of total product.". (4) In regulation 35(4) and (5) of the Principal Regulations, omit "maximum concentration". ═══════════════ r. 10 -- 5 of 6 -- S.R. No. 111/1998 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Fertilisers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 5 NOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 25/1995. Notes -- 6 of 6 --