Any fertiliser that is not a registered fertiliser but has a title or description, or is in a package, or has with it or near it, any written name, description, or instructions, containing, bearing, or using the words “registered fertiliser” or “registered fertilizer”, or any similar words or expression; or

Any fertiliser that contains more than the prescribed proportion of a restricted component; or

Any registered fertiliser that is not labelled in the prescribed manner.

The specifications for the formulation of any fertiliser; and

The brand and trade-name under which the applicant intends to sell that fertiliser.

Register the brand and trade-name concerned as a brand and trade-name under which the applicant may sell fertiliser; and

Register those specifications as a fertiliser that, if manufactured or imported by the applicant, may be sold under that brand and trade-name; and

Issue to the applicant a certificate of registration of that brand and trade-name and those specifications.

Is in a state suitable for sustaining or increasing the growth, productivity, or quality of plants by its application to those plants or the soil on which they grow or will grow; and

Contains in the aggregate, in forms that are both chemically and physically capable of effective utilisation by plants within a reasonable time of its being applied, at least 5 percent of fertilising elements;—

The brand concerned is the same as a brand already registered under that section by any person other than the applicant, or, in the opinion of the Director-General, is so similar to such a brand that it may mislead intending purchasers; or

The trade-name concerned—

The specifications concerned provide that a pesticide is to be an additive, and the Pesticides Board recommends to him that they should not be registered; or

Those specifications provide for the fertiliser to contain more than the prescribed proportion of a restricted component; or

In his opinion, registration would be contrary to the public interest.

The specifications concerned are the same as or, in his opinion, very similar to, any specifications whose registration has been revoked under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of section 6(2) of this Act; and

He is not satisfied that the applicant is both—

He becomes satisfied that a fertiliser formulated in accordance with those specifications is not a fertiliser to which section 4(4) of this Act applies; or

Those specifications provide that a pesticide is to be an additive, and the Pesticides Board has recommended the revocation; or

Those specifications provide for the fertiliser to contain more than the prescribed proportion of a restricted component.

Any component of the fertiliser sold under that brand and trade-name—

From time to time the fertiliser sold under that brand and trade-name contains more than the prescribed proportion of a restricted component; or

Continued registration is contrary to the public interest.

The receipt by its proprietor of a written notice from the Director-General of the revocation; or

Such later date as is specified in that behalf in that notice.

Confirm the decision appealed against; or

Reverse that decision, subject to such modifications and conditions as it thinks fit.

The fertiliser concerned conforms with the description and other information with which it is labelled; and

At the time of sale, the ingredients of which the fertiliser concerned is composed are evenly distributed throughout it.

A fertiliser shall be deemed to conform with the description and other information with which it is labelled if it is labelled in the prescribed manner; and

To the extent that it is not labelled in the prescribed manner, a fertiliser shall be deemed not to conform with the description and other information with which it is labelled.

He has completed, to the satisfaction of the Director-General, a course of training and instruction approved by the Director-General for Analysts or Inspectors (as the case requires); or

He has so completed some other training and instruction that, in the opinion of the Director-General, it is unnecessary for him to complete a course approved under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

Enter at all reasonable hours by day and night any premises when he has reasonable cause to believe that any fertiliser is being manufactured, and enter by day any premises that he has reasonable cause to believe to be premises used for—

Make such inspections, examinations, tests, and inquiries, and, subject to subsection (2) of this section, take such samples and photographs, as are necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act have been or are being complied with:

The Director-General may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, issue a directive, approving one or more methods for sampling any specified substance or class of substance, and may at any time amend or revoke any such directive; and where any such directive is for the time being in force, a sample of that substance or, as the case requires, of a substance of that class, shall be taken in accordance with the appropriate approved method or, as the case requires, one of the appropriate approved methods:

If the occupier of the premises concerned, or his authorised agent, is available, the sample shall be taken in his presence:

If neither the occupier of the premises concerned nor his authorised agent is available, the sample shall be taken in the presence of some other witness:

If the occupier of the premises concerned is the proprietor of the substance to be sampled, he shall, if so requested, supply the Inspector with all labour and equipment necessary to enable the sample to be taken:

Subject to sections 15, 16, and 17 of this Act, after it has been taken, the sample shall be dealt with in the prescribed manner.

Analysing any specified substance or class of substance; or

Detecting the presence of, or ascertaining the amount of, any specified ingredient or component, or class of ingredient or component, of any substance or any specified substance or class of substance; or

Analysing any specified ingredient or component, or class of ingredient or component, of any substance or any specified substance or class of substance,—

In the case of an analysis carried out at the request of any member of the public, by him; and the analysis concerned shall not be carried out until those costs have been paid:

In every other case by the proprietor of the substance analysed; and those costs may be recovered by the Director-General in any Court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

The quantities of each substance he received for the purpose of the manufacture of registered fertilisers during a period specified in that notice; and

The quantities of each substance he used or otherwise disposed of for that purpose during that period; and

The quantities of each type of registered fertiliser he manufactured, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of during that period; and

The quantity of each substance he held in stock for the purpose of the manufacture of registered fertilisers at a date specified in that notice; and

The quantity of each type of registered fertiliser he held in stock at that date.

The quantities of each type of imported registered fertiliser he received during a period specified in that notice; and

The quantities of each type of imported registered fertiliser he sold or otherwise disposed of during that period; and

The quantity of each type of registered fertiliser he held in stock on a date specified in that notice.

The results of any analysis of that substance:

Where that substance is a registered fertiliser, the registered specifications for its formulation:

The results of any experiments carried out with that substance:

Any statistical information relating to that substance obtained from returns under section 18 of this Act:

Any registered brand and trade-name of that substance:

The name of the proprietor of that substance.

The particulars in the advice note, label, or package in respect of which the conviction arose were to the same effect as those contained in the advice note, label, or package, with or in which that substance was sold to him; and

He purchased that substance not knowing it to be otherwise than as described in the advice note or label or on the package with or in which it was sold to him; and

He sold that substance in a state the same as that he received it in.

Acts in contravention of, or fails or neglects to comply with, any provision of this Act:

Wilfully obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of his powers or performance of his functions under this Act:

With the intention that a sample of any substance taken, or to be taken, in pursuance of this Act should not be a fair sample of that substance, tampers with or manipulates that substance or any part of it:

With the intention that the results of an analysis of any sample taken in pursuance of this Act, or of any part of any such sample, should differ from those that would otherwise be obtained, tampers with or manipulates that sample or part:

Wilfully makes a false or misleading statement in, or a material omission from, any return made under this Act:

Publishes or causes to be published any advertisement relating to any registered fertiliser that states that that fertiliser has been analysed under this Act by an Analyst, or quotes or purports to quote the findings of any Analyst in relation to that fertiliser, whether or not those findings are given in any certificate or report prepared for the purposes of this Act.

Declaring to be restricted components of fertilisers substances whose presence as a component of a fertiliser causes, or may cause, that fertiliser to be harmful:

Prescribing the maximum proportion of any substance so declared that may be contained in fertilisers; and different proportions may be prescribed in respect of different fertilisers, fertilisers of different classes, different substances, substances of different classes, and substances present together with other substances, or any of them:

Prescribing the manner and circumstances in which registered fertilisers must be labelled:

Prescribing the particulars to be contained in applications for registration under section 4 of this Act:

Prescribing, in respect of any fertilising element, a minimum proportion that must be contained in any substance, in forms that are both chemically and physically capable of effective utilisation by plants within a reasonable time of its being applied, before that element can be taken account of in determining, for the purposes of section 4(4) of this Act, the aggregate proportion of fertilising elements contained in that substance:

Prescribing margins by which components of registered fertilisers may vary from the registered specifications for their formulation:

Prescribing the manner in which appeals under section 8(1) of this section are to be made and disposed of:

Prescribing the documents, records, and particulars to be retained by proprietors of registered fertilisers and vendors of registered fertilisers, the manner in which they are to be retained, and the periods for which they are to be retained:

Prescribing the particulars to be supplied to purchasers of registered fertilisers in packages or quantities of 50 kg or more by proprietors and vendors; and different particulars may be prescribed in respect of different fertilisers, or fertilisers of different classes, or both:

Prescribing, in respect of proprietors, quality control programmes in respect of registered fertilisers; and different programmes may be prescribed in respect of different classes of proprietor, different fertilisers, and fertilisers of different classes, or any of them:

Prescribing standards of fineness of grinding for registered fertilisers, and the components of registered fertilisers; and different standards may be prescribed for different fertilisers or components, or fertilisers or components of different classes:

Prescribing the manner in which samples taken for the purposes of this Act are to be dealt with; and different manners may be prescribed for different substances, or substances of different classes, or both:

Requiring Inspectors to retain a specified proportion or amount of any sample:

Prescribing fees for the purposes of this Act:

Regulating or prohibiting the use of the expressions “superphosphate”, “rock phosphate”, “single superphosphate”, “double superphosphate”, “triple superphosphate”, “super”, and other similar expressions:

Providing for such other matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to this Act and its due administration.

Its details shall be deemed to be registered under section 4(3)(a) of this Act:

Its specifications shall be deemed to be registered under section 4(3)(b) of this Act:

The certificate of registration issued to its proprietor in respect of it under section 5(4) of the Fertilisers Act 1960 shall be deemed to be a certificate of registration of its details and specifications issued under section 5(3)(c) of this Act.

Before the first date the proprietor of an existing fertiliser applies as aforesaid; and

It appears from his application that the fertiliser concerned, if it conforms with the specifications concerned, will contain in the aggregate, in forms that are both chemically and physically capable of efficient utilisation by plants, less than 5 percent of fertilising elements,—

On the happening of the earlier of the following events:

Where the event concerned happens before the second date, on that day.