FERTILIZERS REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 3A
This legislation has been repealed.
FERTILIZERS REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 3A
3A . Specified ingredients
(1) Subject to
subregulation (2), where a fertilizer contains any of the specified
ingredients set out in column 1 of the table to this regulation it shall
contain, as a minimum, that ingredient in the proportion of the total weight
of the product as is set out in column 2 of the table, opposite to the
ingredient.
|
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
|---|---|
|
Nitrogen (N) | |
|
— as nitrate, ammonia or urea |
0.2% |
|
— as total nitrogen |
0.5% |
|
Phosphorus (P) | |
|
— as water or citrate soluble |
0.2% |
|
— as citrate insoluble |
0.2% |
|
— as total phosphorus |
0.5% |
|
Potassium (K) | |
|
— as sulphate, chloride or nitrate |
0.2% |
|
— as total potassium |
0.5% |
|
Calcium (Ca) |
0.5% |
|
Magnesium (Mg) |
0.5% |
|
Sulphur (S) |
0.5% |
|
Iron (Fe) |
0.01% |
|
Manganese (Mn) |
0.01% |
|
Copper (Cu) |
0.005% |
|
Zinc (Zn) |
0.005% |
|
Boron (Bo) |
0.005% |
|
Molybdenum (Mo) |
0.001% |
|
Cobalt (Co) |
0.001% |
|
Chlorine (Cl) |
0.001% |
|
Aluminium (Al) |
0.001% |
|
Selenium (Se) |
0.001% |
(2)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to a prescribed trace element fertilizer
in respect of the specified ingredients nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium,
magnesium or sulphur.
[Regulation 3A inserted in Gazette
19 Oct 1984 p. 3418; amended in Gazette 17 Aug 2001
p. 4343.]
[ 4, 5, 6. Deleted in Gazette
30 October 1998 p.5994.]