MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 4A Great Barrier Reef protection measures
Part 2 Requirements for carrying out agricultural ERAs

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          (2)   The tests and the reports must be carried out or prepared by a
                person with appropriate experience or qualifications.
          (3)   A regulation may prescribe—
                (a)   the intervals at which the tests must be carried out; and
                (b)   a methodology for carrying out the tests.
          (4)   The carrying out of the tests must comply with the regulation.

82        Restriction on application of fertiliser
                Fertiliser containing nitrogen or phosphorus must not be
                applied to soil on the relevant agricultural property if doing so
                may result in more than the optimum amount of nitrogen or
                phosphorus being applied to the soil.


Division 2                   Document requirements

Subdivision 1                Documents that must be kept

83        Required record
          (1)   A person who carries out an agricultural ERA must unless the
                person has a reasonable excuse—
                (a)   make or cause to be made within the required period a
                      record (an agricultural ERA record) in the approved
                      form about the matters mentioned in subsection (2); and
                (b)   keep the record for at least 5 years.
                Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
          (2)   For subsection (1)(a) the matters are all of the following—
                (a)   any of the following applied on the relevant agricultural
                      property—
                      (i)   agricultural chemicals;


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