Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126:reg:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 27
Character Range: 35919–37420

27  Nutrient management—management action
 (1) For this determination, nutrient management, when undertaken as part of sustainable intensification, means a management action that:
 (a) is carried out on land that, immediately before the start of the action, had a material deficiency; and
 (b) involves applying nutrients to the land in the form of synthetic or non-synthetic fertiliser to address the deficiency.
 (2) Before nutrient management is undertaken as a management action in a carbon estimation area, the project proponent must obtain a nutrient management strategy that complies with sections 28 and 29.
 (3) Nutrient management is taken to commence in the carbon estimation area when nutrients are first applied to the carbon estimation area under the nutrient management strategy referred to in subsection (2) and in accordance with this determination.
 (4) Nutrients must be applied to the carbon estimation area using the rate, form, timing and placement specified by the nutrient management strategy.
 (5) Nutrients must be applied in accordance with industry best practice for the management of environmental risks.
 (6) Nutrients must be reapplied at whichever is the more frequent of the following:
 (a) the interval specified in the nutrient management strategy;
 (b) every 5 years.
 (7) While nutrient management is a management action, appropriate testing of the carbon estimation area must be undertaken at least every 5 years after nutrient management commences in the area.