Environmental Protection (Packaged Fertiliser) Regulations 2010 (WA)

Western Australia Environmental Protection Act 1986 Environmental Protection (Packaged Fertiliser) Regulations 2010 Western Australia Environmental Protection (Packaged Fertiliser) Regulations 2010 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Fertilisers 2 5. Percentage by weight 3 6. Application of regulations 3 Part 2 — Content of garden, lawn and all purpose fertilisers 7. Maximum amount of phosphorus in garden fertiliser before 1 January 2013 4 8. Maximum amount of phosphorus in garden fertiliser on and after 1 January 2013 5 9. Maximum amount of phosphorus in lawn fertiliser before 1 January 2013 5 10. Maximum amount of phosphorus in lawn fertiliser on and after 1 January 2013 6 11. Maximum amount of phosphorus in all purpose fertiliser on and after 1 January 2013 7 12. Ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus 7 Part 3 — Labelling requirements 13. Labelling of fertiliser container 8 14. Information on labels 8 15. Printing on labels 8 16. Offences in relation to labelling 9 Part 4 — Miscellaneous 17. Measuring devices for liquid fertiliser and concentrated solid fertiliser 10 18. Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 amended 10 Notes Compilation table 12 Western Australia Environmental Protection Act 1986 Environmental Protection (Packaged Fertiliser) Regulations 2010

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations are the Environmental Protection (Packaged Fertiliser) Regulations 2010.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) Part 3 and regulation 17 — on 1 January 2013; (c) the rest of the regulations — on the day after the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette.

3. Terms used In these regulations — all purpose fertiliser means fertiliser packaged in a small use container the label on which indicates that the fertiliser is suitable for all purpose use on lawns and gardens; concentrated solid fertiliser includes crystallised, powder or granular fertiliser that, to be correctly applied, needs to be dissolved or mixed in water prior to application; container includes anything in which fertiliser is packaged; fertiliser has the meaning given in regulation 4; garden fertiliser means fertiliser packaged in a small use container the label on which indicates that the fertiliser is suitable for use on plants, but does not include lawn fertiliser or all purpose fertiliser; label, on a container, includes a tag, leaflet, brand, stamp, mark, stencil or written statement attached to or marked on the container; lawn fertiliser means fertiliser packaged in a small use container the label on which indicates that the fertiliser is suitable for use on lawns, but does not include all purpose fertiliser; manufacture includes prepare, produce or package; packaged fertiliser means fertiliser packaged in a small use container; processed organic fertiliser includes processed, treated or prepared organic fertiliser such as — (a) compost; and (b) blood and bone; and (c) bone meal; and (d) bone dust; and (e) dynamic lifter; small use container means a container that has a capacity of not more than 50 L or a net mass of not more than 50 kg.