Fertilizers Regulations 2017
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33 Sample sizes
(1) For the purposes of section 10 of the Act –
(a) if the number of packages of fertilizer to be sampled is less than 5, a sample is to be taken from each package; and
(b) if the number of packages of fertilizer to be sampled is 5 or more, a sample is to be taken from not less than one in every 10 packages but in any case from not less than 5 packages in total.
(2) For the purposes of section 10 of the Act, if more than one package of fertilizer is to be sampled, the samples taken from the packages are to be combined to form a composite sample.
(3) For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2) , the total weight of a sample, or composite sample, of a particular fertilizer is to be not less than one kilogram.