South Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 11

11—Sale of gypsum

        (1)         A person must not sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession for the purpose of sale, fertiliser represented expressly or impliedly as gypsum in a package that does not have affixed to it a label that—

            (a)         includes a statement specifying—

                  (i)         whether the grade of the fertiliser is Premium Grade, Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3 (see clause 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1A); and

                  (ii)         the minimum amount (expressed as a percentage weight in weight ("w/w")) of each of the following substances in the fertiliser:

gypsum (a naturally occurring substance composed of calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO ₄ 2H ₂ O));

calcium (Ca);

sulphur (S); and

                  (iii)         the minimum percentage of the fertiliser that will pass through a 2 mm sieve; and

                  (iv)         the minimum percentage of the fertiliser that will pass through a 5.6 mm sieve; and

            (b)         if the concentration of sodium in the fertiliser exceeds 0.8% w/w—includes one or both of the following statements:

Continual application may have a detrimental effect on soil.

WARNING —This product is not suitable for reclamation of saline sodic soils.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), a person who sells in bulk fertiliser represented expressly or impliedly as gypsum must, within seven days after the sale of the fertiliser, advise the purchaser in writing of the following specifications:

            (a)         whether the grade of the fertiliser is Premium Grade, Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3 (see clause 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1A);

            (b)         the minimum amount (expressed as a percentage weight in weight ("w/w")) of each of the following substances in the fertiliser:

gypsum (a naturally occurring substance composed of calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO ₄ 2H ₂ O));

calcium (Ca);

sulphur (S);

            (c)         the minimum percentage of the fertiliser that will pass through a 2 mm sieve;

            (d)         the minimum percentage of the fertiliser that will pass through a 5.6 mm sieve;

            (e)         if the concentration of sodium in the fertiliser exceeds 0.8% w/w, that—

                  (i)         continual application of the fertiliser may have a detrimental effect on soil; and

                  (ii)         the fertiliser is not suitable for reclamation of saline sodic soils.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         However, if a person sells in bulk to a purchaser, on more than one occasion during a year, fertiliser represented expressly or impliedly as gypsum and the fertiliser has, on each occasion, the same specifications, the person is only required to advise the purchaser of the specifications in respect of the first sale made during the year.