Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FERTILIZERS REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 9

9 .         Bone dust, bone meal, blood and bone, standards

        (1)         Fertilizer shall not be sold as “Bone Dust” or “Bone Meal” unless it contains at least 2% nitrogen and at least 5.5% phosphorus.

        (2)         Fertilizer shall not be sold as “Blood and Bone” unless it contains at least 4% nitrogen and at least 3% phosphorus.

        (3)         Fertilizer shall not be sold as “Bone Dust” or “Bone Meal” or “Blood and Bone” unless —

            (a)         the whole bulk of a sample of the fertilizer is capable of passing through a test sieve with an aperture size not exceeding 4.75 mm;

            (b)         at least 55% of the sample is capable of passing through a test sieve with an aperture size not exceeding 0.6 mm; and

            (c)         the materials of which the fertilizer is composed are only of animal origin.

        [Regulation 9 inserted in Gazette 30 October 1998 pp. 5994‑5.]

[ 10.         Deleted in Gazette 31 August 1979 p.2664.]

[ 11.         Deleted in Gazette 30 October 1998 p.5995.]