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Fertilizers Regulations — 9
9 For the purpose of paragraph 3 (b) of the Act, (a) a fertilizer or supplement shall not contain (i) any substance or mixture of substances that, if the fertilizer or supplement is used as specified in its directions for use or in an amount that is not in excess of the amount that is necessary to achieve its intended purposes, would leave in the tissues of a plant a residue of a poisonous or harmful substance, (ii) except in accordance with a permit issued under section 160 of the Health of Animals Regulations for the purpose of section 6.4 of those Regulations, proteins derived from specified risk material, in any form, that was removed from the carcasses of cattle or that is contained in the carcasses of cattle that died or were condemned before they otherwise would have been slaughtered for human consumption as food, or (iii) major plant nutrients, secondary nutrients or micronutrients that are present at toxic levels if the fertilizer or supplement is used as specified in its directions for use or in an amount not in excess of the amount that is necessary to achieve its intended purposes; (b) a fertilizer-pesticide or supplement-pesticide shall not be nor contain a pesticide that does not comply with the requirements of the Pest Control Products Act in respect of the approved use and the application rate for that pesticide; (c) a fertilizer or supplement that is represented to be a fertilizer or supplement whose term is set out in the List of Materials shall meet the definition in that List that corresponds to that term; and (d) a fertilizer or supplement that is represented to contain a fertilizer or supplement whose term is set out in the List of Materials shall contain an ingredient that meets the definition in that List that corresponds to that term. SOR/2020-232, s. 8
Fertilizers Regulations — 15
15 (1) The guaranteed analysis of a fertilizer or supplement shall include, if applicable, (a) the minimum amount of total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash expressed in per cent; (b) the minimum amount of each secondary nutrient, expressed in per cent on an elemental basis; (c) the amount of each micronutrient, expressed in per cent on an elemental basis; (d) in the case of an untreated phosphatic fertilizer, the minimum amount of total phosphoric acid and the minimum amount of available phosphoric acid, expressed in per cent; (e) except in the circumstances in which paragraph (f) applies, the genus and species of each active ingredient that is a microorganism as well as the following information: (i) for each microorganism that is a viable cell, the number of viable cells per gram of that microorganism, and (ii) for each microorganism that is not a viable cell, another descriptor of the concentration of that microorganism on a per gram basis; (f) if the fertilizer or supplement contains an active ingredient that is a complex community of microorganisms that is taken from a single natural environment and whose composition is maintained without further manipulation, a descriptor of the concentration of viable microorganisms on a per gram basis; (g) if the fertilizer or supplement contains an active ingredient that is intended to neutralize acidity, (i) the amount of calcium and magnesium, if any, expressed in per cent on an elemental basis, (ii) its neutralizing value, expressed in per cent of the acid neutralizing capacity of calcium carbonate, and (iii) the range of particle sizes of solid materials; (h) if the fertilizer or supplement contains an active ingredient that is an acidifying material intended to increase the hydrogen ion concentration of a growing medium, its acidifying value, expressed in per cent of the basic neutralizing capacity of hydrochloric acid; (i) in the case of a fertilizer or supplement that is represented to contain organic matter, the amount of organic matter expressed in per cent and the moisture content expressed in per cent; and (j) the amount of any other active ingredient expressed in per cent. (2) If subsection (1) requires the concentration of an active ingredient to be expressed in per cent, but the active ingredient is present in a concentration of less than 0.001%, the guaranteed analysis may instead indicate its concentration, on a per gram basis, using another unit of measure. (3) In addition to the information required under subsection (1), the guaranteed analysis of a fertilizer-pesticide or supplement-pesticide shall include the concentration of each active ingredient , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act , of the pesticide expressed in accordance with subparagraph 26 (1)(h)(iii) of the Pest Control Products Regulations . SOR/79-365, s. 12; SOR/85-558, s. 7; SOR/88-353, s. 5; SOR/93-232, s. 2; SOR/2013-79, s. 7; SOR/2015-55, s. 1 SOR/2020-232, s. 9
Fertilizers Regulations — 15.1
15.1 Every person who packages, or causes to be packaged, a fertilizer or supplement or who imports a packaged fertilizer or supplement shall ensure that the package is labelled in accordance with sections 16 to 21. SOR/2020-232, s. 9
Fertilizers Regulations — 16
k of harm to human, animal or plant health, or the environment; (c) the lot number of the fertilizer; (d) the guaranteed analysis; and (e) the weight of the lot or shipment. (6) If any person requests a document in English or French that lists the ingredients that are contained in a fertilizer or supplement that present a risk of harm to the health of any human or animal and that do not appear on the label, the document shall be provided by (a) the person who packaged the fertilizer or supplement or caused it to be packaged; or (b) in the case of an imported fertilizer or supplement, the person who imported it. (7) Subsection (1) does not apply to a package containing only peat, peat moss, sphagnum moss, coconut coir, tree bark, perlite or vermiculite, as those terms are defined in the List of Materials, or any combination of those materials, if the package is labelled with (a) a statement indicating which of those materials are present in the supplement, and their proportions; (b) the name and address of the person who packaged the supplement or caused it to be packaged; (c) the name of the supplement; (d) the volume or the weight of the supplement; (e) the lot number of the supplement; and (f) a statement setting out any precaution that is necessary to mitigate a risk of harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment. SOR/79-365, s. 13; SOR/85-558, s. 8; SOR/91-441, s. 3; SOR/92-585, s. 2; SOR/2000-184, s. 57; SOR/2004-80, s. 13; SOR/2006-147, s. 9; SOR/2012-286, s. 1(F) SOR/2020-232, s. 10
Fertilizers Regulations — 18
18 (1) Paragraphs 16(1)(d) and (k) do not apply if (a) the fertilizer or supplement consists of a mixture of fertilizers, a mixture of supplements or a mixture of fertilizers and supplements; (b) the package is labelled with a statement indicating that the fertilizers or supplements in the mixture are registered or are exempt from registration; and (c) the person who packaged the mixture or caused it to be packaged or, in the case of an imported mixture, the person who imported the mixture maintains a record, as a document in English or in French, that contains (i) the registration number of each registered fertilizer and each registered supplement, if any, in the mixture, and (ii) any information that the person has that relates to whether the mixture complies with these regulations with respect to its safety. (2) The person shall keep the record for at least five years beginning on the day on which the mixture was imported, packaged or caused to be packaged, at that person’s place of business in Canada or, if they do not have one, at another place of business in Canada, and inform the President of the Agency of the place where the record is located. SOR/79-365, s. 14; SOR/85-558, s. 9; SOR/95-548, s. 4; SOR/2006-147, s. 10; SOR/2012-286, s. 2(F); SOR/2015-55, s. 2(E) SOR/2020-232, s. 11
Fertilizers Regulations — 19
19 (1) All the information that is required by these Regulations to appear on a label shall be printed conspicuously, legibly and indelibly in English and French with both versions being of equal prominence and in close proximity to each other. (2) The label of a fertilizer or supplement shall not have printed on it any incorrect or misleading information or symbol that could reasonably be expected to mislead a purchaser with respect to whether the labelled product is a fertilizer or a supplement, as the case may be, or to the safety, composition or directions for use of the fertilizer or supplement. SOR/79-365, s. 15; SOR/93-155, s. 2 SOR/2020-232, s. 11
Fertilizers Regulations — 19.1
19.1 (1) Where any reference, direct or indirect, is made in respect of the place of manufacture of a label or container and not the place of manufacture of a fertilizer or supplement, the reference shall be accompanied by an additional statement indicating that the place of manufacture refers only to the label or container. (2) Where a prepackaged fertilizer or supplement that is manufactured or produced and labelled in a country other than Canada has applied to it a label that shows the identity and principal place of business of the person in Canada for whom the prepackaged product was manufactured or produced for resale, the identity and principal place of business of that person shall be preceded by the words “imported by” («importé par») or “imported for” («importé pour»), unless the geographic origin of the prepackaged product is stated on the label. (3) [Repealed, SOR/93-155, s. 3] SOR/79-365, s. 15; SOR/93-155, s. 3
Fertilizers Regulations — 21
21 (1) Subject to subsection (5), the name of a fertilizer that contains any major plant nutrient shall include the grade designation in the manner required by subsection (3) in the order required by subsection (4). (2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the names for fertilizers that contain a pesticide shall include as a suffix the amount of the active ingredient of the pesticide in the fertilizer expressed as a percentage followed by the name of the pesticide. (3) A grade shall be stated as a hyphenated numerical series. (4) If a grade is used on the label of any fertilizer, the numerals shall represent guarantees expressed in per cent for total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash, listed in that order. (5) A fertilizer that is intended for daily feeding and that is not intended for further dilution is not required to have its grade stated as part of its name. (6) [Repealed, SOR/2020-232, s. 13] (7) [Repealed, SOR/2020-232, s. 13] SOR/79-365, s. 16; SOR/95-548, s. 4; SOR/2013-79, s. 9 SOR/2020-232, s. 13
Fertilizers Regulations — 21.1
21.1 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, (a) units of measurement shown on a label shall be expressed in accordance with the International System of Units (metric) as set out in Schedule I to the Weights and Measures Act . (b) to (e) [Repealed, SOR/95-247, s. 1] (2) [Repealed, SOR/85-558, s. 10] SOR/79-365, s. 16; SOR/85-543, s. 1; SOR/85-558, s. 10; SOR/95-247, s. 1
Fertilizers Regulations — 23
23 A method of analysis that is used to test a fertilizer or supplement shall be specific to the purpose of the analysis, reliable and accurate. SOR/93-232, s. 2(F) SOR/2020-232, s. 14
Fertilizers Regulations — 23.1
23.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall release a novel supplement unless the person (a) provides notification of the proposed release in writing to the Minister, accompanied by the information set out in section 23.2; (b) provides an undertaking in writing to the Minister to take responsibility for and assume the costs of the safe disposal of the novel supplement and all crops produced on the land or growing medium to which the novel supplement is applied; and (c) receives authorization from the Minister for the release pursuant to section 23.3. (2) Where the accompanying information that is required to be provided to the Minister by paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the proposed release of a novel supplement is the same as information that has already been provided to the Minister before the coming into force of this section and sections 23.2 to 23.4, or that is provided on or after the coming into force of this section and sections 23.2 to 23.4 in relation to another notification or authorization, the information is not required to be provided again. SOR/97-7, s. 4
Fertilizers Regulations — 23.2
23.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the accompanying information that is required to be provided by a person to the Minister pursuant to paragraph 23.1(1)(a) is the following: (a) the name of the person or body responsible for the proposed release and the name of the person who will be in charge of carrying out the release; (b) the purpose and objectives of the proposed release; (c) the proposed starting date, time period and site of the release; (d) the proposed release protocol, including (i) any confinement measures intended to mitigate the establishment and spread, in the environment, of the novel supplement and the interaction of the novel supplement with the environment, (ii) the monitoring plan and procedures to be followed both during and after the release, (iii) the method to be used for the safe disposal of the novel supplement and all crops produced on the land or growing medium to which the novel supplement is applied, and (iv) the contingency plan to be followed to mitigate any adverse effect of an accidental release of the novel supplement on the environment, including any adverse effect on human health; (e) the identification and characterization of the novel supplement, including, in the case of a novel supplement that is derived through biotechnology and has a novel trait (i) the identification and characterization of the novel trait expressed by the novel supplement and, where the novel trait is introduced from another species, details of the host and donor organism and of the methods of incorporation of the novel trait into the novel supplement, where applicable, and (ii) the identification and characterization of the novel supplement resulting from the introduction of the novel trait, including details relating to expression of the novel trait and the stability of the incorporation of the novel trait into the novel supplement, and a comparison of the characteristics of the novel supplement with those of the unmodified supplement; (f) all other information and test data in respect of the novel supplement that are relevant to identifying the risk to the environment, including the risk to human health, and that are in the person’s possession or to which the person ought reasonably to have access; (g) other government agencies, either Canadian or foreign, that have been provided with information in respect of the novel supplement, and the purpose for which the information was provided; and (h) a description of the analytical methodologies followed in generating any submitted data, including quality control and quality assurance procedures. (2) The information required by subparagraph (1)(e)(ii) or paragraph (1)(f) or (h) or any part of that information may be omitted if the Minister determines, on the basis of a written scientific rationale provided by the person referred to in subsection (1), that the information or part is not relevant or cannot practicably be obtained and is not required for the Minister’s decision under section 23.3, and notifies the person of that determination. SOR/97-7, s. 4
Fertilizers Regulations — 23.3
23.3 (1) On receiving the notification provided pursuant to paragraph 23.1(1)(a), the Minister shall, after considering all relevant matters, including the information provided pursuant to that paragraph, and after evaluating the potential impact on and risk to the environment, including the potential impact on and risk to human health, posed by the proposed release (a) authorize the release where there is minimal risk to the environment, and may, where necessary in order to minimize the risk, impose conditions for the management of the risk; or (b) refuse to authorize the release where the proposed release poses an unacceptable risk to the environment. (2) In evaluating the risk to the environment for the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister shall (a) consider such matters as (i) the effects of the proposed release on the environment, and (ii) the magnitude of the exposure to the environment of the novel supplement involved in the proposed release; and (b) assess whether the novel supplement is toxic. SOR/97-7, s. 4
Fertilizers Regulations — 23.4
23.4 (1) Where, at any time after providing notification pursuant to paragraph 23.1(1)(a) or receiving authorization pursuant to paragraph 23.3(1)(a), a person becomes aware of any new information regarding risk to the environment, including risk to human health, that could result from the release of the novel supplement, the person shall immediately provide the new information to the Minister. (2) Where the Minister, on the basis of the new information provided by a person pursuant to subsection (1), re-evaluates the potential impact on and risk to the environment, including the potential impact on and risk to human health, posed by the release and determines that there is (a) a risk that is less than was apparent at the time of the original notification or at the time of any subsequent provision of new information since the original notification, the Minister may (i) where the release has already been authorized, maintain the existing conditions respecting the release, (ii) change the conditions respecting the release, or (iii) remove any of the conditions respecting the release; (b) a risk that is greater than was apparent at the time of the original notification or at the time of any subsequent provision of new information since the original notification, the Minister may (i) impose additional conditions respecting the release, or (ii) change the conditions respecting the release; or (c) an unacceptable risk, the Minister shall (i) refuse to authorize the release, or (ii) where the release has already been authorized, cancel the authorization and require the person to stop the release and to take any appropriate action necessary to eliminate or minimize the risk. (3) In re-evaluating the risk to the environment on the basis of new information for the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister shall consider the matters referred to in paragraph 23.3(2)(a) and make the assessment referred to in paragraph 23.3(2)(b). SOR/97-7, s. 4
Fertilizers Regulations — 24
24 (1) Any article seized pursuant to section 9 of the Act may be detained by an inspector at any place by attaching a detention tag to the article or to any part of it. (2) If an article is detained under subsection (1), an inspector shall deliver or send to the owner or person in possession of the article a notice of detention. (3) No person shall alter or remove a detention tag referred to in subsection (1) or sell or move any detained article except with the written authority of an inspector. (4) If an article is released from detention, an inspector shall deliver or send to the owner or person in possession of the article a notice of release. (5) Any article forfeited under section 9 of the Act shall be disposed of in the following manner: (a) in the case of a fertilizer or supplement that is fit for sale, it shall be (i) sold and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General, or (ii) donated to a charitable institution; (b) in the case of a fertilizer or supplement that is not fit for sale, it shall be disposed of in a safe manner; and (c) in the case of an article other than a fertilizer or supplement, it shall be sold and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General. SOR/92-585, s. 2; SOR/94-683, s. 3 SOR/2020-232, s. 15
Fertilizers Regulations — 17
17 (1) In this section, former Regulations means the Fertilizers Regulations as they read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force. (2) Nothing in these Regulations prohibits the manufacture, sale, import or export of fertilizers and supplements in accordance with the former Regulations. (3) If a fertilizer or supplement is manufactured, imported or sold in accordance with the former Regulations and not in accordance with these Regulations, any subsequent sale or export of the fertilizer or supplement must be in accordance with the former Regulations. (4) If a fertilizer or supplement is manufactured, imported or sold in accordance with these Regulations and not in accordance with the former Regulations, any subsequent sale or export of the fertilizer or supplement must be in accordance with these Regulations. (5) Subsections (1) to (4) cease to have effect on the third anniversary of the day on which these Regulations come into force.
Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 1
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) .
Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 2
2 These Regulations apply to officers and men of the Canadian Forces.
Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 3
3 The Chief of the Defence Staff may authorize the making of accountable advances of public funds to officers and men of the Canadian Forces for the expenses of travel and education of dependants when the expenses are authorized within existing regulations.
Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 4
4 Accountable advances made under these Regulations shall be limited to amounts sufficient to meet the estimated permissible expenses.
Accountable Education and Travel Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 5
5 Subject to subsections 31(2), (3) and (4) of the Financial Administration Act , the Chief of the Defence Staff may issue such orders as are required to provide for the accountability and recovery of advances issued pursuant to these Regulations.
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) — 1
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) .
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) — 2
2 These Regulations apply to officers and men of the Canadian Forces.
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) — 3
3 The Chief of the Defence Staff may authorize the making of accountable advances of public funds to officers and men of the Canadian Forces who are required to travel on duty or move from one location to another, or who are authorized to move their dependants or furniture and effects, or both, as applicable, from one location to another, within existing regulations.
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) — 4
4 Accountable advances made under these Regulations shall be limited to amounts sufficient to meet estimated permissible expenses.
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Canadian Forces) — 5
5 Subject to subsections 31(2), (3) and (4) of the Financial Administration Act , the Chief of the Defence Staff may issue such orders as are required to provide for the accountability and recovery of advances issued pursuant to these Regulations.
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 1
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) .
Accountable Travel and Moving Advance Regulations (Dependants of Members of the Canadian Forces) — 2
2 These Regulations apply to the dependants of officers and men of the Canadian Forces.