Fertilizers Act 1993 (Tas)

Fertilizers Act 1993

An Act to regulate the sale of fertilizers [Royal Assent 27 October 1993]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fertilizers Act 1993 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – advertisement includes any method of conveying information; analysis means any examination, test or determination of the quality, strength, purity or composition of any fertilizer; analyst means an analyst approved under section 4 ; constituent means any nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium or zinc present in any form in a fertilizer; custom fertilizer mixture means a mixture of fertilizer prepared at the request of a customer for sale to that customer; fertilizer means – (a) any substance likely to increase plant growth which supplies nutrients to plants or conditions soil for that purpose, other than farmyard or stable manure, humus, seaweed, crude night-soil, crude offal, crude refuse or crude waste which is untreated or undried; and (b) any substance prescribed as a fertilizer for the purposes of this Act; ingredient means a substance used to formulate a fertilizer; inspector means an inspector appointed under section 5 ; label includes any tag, brand, stamp, mark, identifying feature or statement in writing affixed to or inserted in or used or intended to be used in connection with a package; package includes anything in or by which a fertilizer is cased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed; Secretary means the Secretary of the Department; sell includes – (a) offer or expose for sale; and (b) keep or have in possession for sale; and (c) barter or exchange; and (d) agree to sell; and (e) send, forward or deliver for sale; seller means a seller of fertilizers and a person who acts on behalf of a seller; substance includes – (a) any solids, liquids and gases; and (b) any solid, liquid or gaseous compound or mixture.