43Maximum concentrations of cadmium, lead and mercury

43 Maximum concentrations of cadmium, lead and mercury

43 Maximum concentrations of cadmium, lead and mercury

(1) A person must not import, supply or use a fertiliser, liming material or trace element product that has a concentration of cadmium, mercury or lead above the maximum concentration.

Note.

Persons may be prohibited from using fertiliser, liming material or trace element product containing these heavy metals (even at the maximum or lower concentrations) by other laws such as the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, the maximum concentration of cadmium, lead or mercury in fertilisers, liming material or trace element products are as follows—

(a) in the case of phosphatic fertiliser (being a solid fertiliser that contains not less than 3 per cent phosphorus or a liquid fertiliser that contains not less than 2 per cent phosphorus)—

(i) 300 milligrams of cadmium per kilogram of phosphate, and

(ii) 100 milligrams of lead per kilogram of fertiliser, and

(iii) 5 milligrams of mercury per kilogram of fertiliser,

(b) in the case of a fertiliser other than a phosphatic fertiliser—

(i) 10 milligrams of cadmium per kilogram of fertiliser, and

(ii) 100 milligrams of lead per kilogram of fertiliser, and

(iii) 5 milligrams of mercury per kilogram of fertiliser,

(c) in the case of liming material—

(i) 10 milligrams of cadmium per kilogram of liming material, and

(ii) 100 milligrams of lead per kilogram of liming material, and

(iii) 5 milligrams of mercury per kilogram of liming material,

(d) in the case of a direct application trace element product (being a trace element product that is represented as being suitable for direct application to soil)—

(i) 50 milligrams of cadmium per kilogram of trace element product, and

(ii) 2000 milligrams of lead per kilogram of trace element product, and