3Interpretation

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 –