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

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

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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.

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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".

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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 livestock.".

"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.

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

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(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 exceed 2000.0 mg/kg of total product; and

(b)

for fertilisers that are partially 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".

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NOTES

1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 25/1995.