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STOCK MEDICINES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The Stock (Chemical Residues) Amendment Bill 1993 is cognate with this Bill. The
objects of this Bill are:
(a) to extend the powers of the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture
("the Director-General") in relation to the sale and use of stock medicines; and
(b) to impose conditions on the exercise of an inspector's powers of entry; and
(c) to enable the Director-General to waive certain fees; and
(d) to make other provisions of a minor, consequential or ancillary nature.
The extension of the powers of the Director-General in relation to stock medicines
will be available for any stock medicines (such as hormone growth promotants) which
may have an adverse effect on trade.
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the proposed Act to commence on the date of assent.
Clause 3 amends the Stock Medicines Act 1989 as set out in Schedules 1 and 2.
SCHEDULE 1--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE SALE AND USE OF
STOCK MEDICINES
Schedule 1 (1):
(a) includes the possibility of an adverse effect on trade in stock, or a product
derived from stock, among the grounds on which the Director-General may
make certain regulatory orders relating to stock medicines; and
(b) enables the Director-General to make orders in connection with the treatment of
stock with a stock
(including orders relating to the identification of
treated stock and the keeping of records of treated stock).
Schedule 1 (2) enables an inspector:
(a) to require the production of certain records relating to stock medicines and the
treatment of stock and to take copies of them, or extracts from them; and
(b) to give directions for or with respect to the return to the manufacturer or
supplier of articles seized by the inspector.
Schedule 1 (3) sets out the conditions on which the exercise of an inspector's powers
of entry are to be subject.
SCHEDULE 2--OTHER AMENDMENTS
Schedule 2 (1) removes horses from the list of species classified by the Stock
Medicines Act 1989 as food producing species.
Schedule 2 (2) and (3) enable the Director-General to waive the fee for an
application for, or for the renewal of, the registration of a stock medicine in certain
circumstances.
Schedule 2 (4) removes a limitation on the classes of persons who may be authorised
to act as inspector.
Schedule 2 (5) enables a prosecution for an offence to be initiated by a person
authorised by the Minister, instead of the consent of the Minister being required in each
case.
Schedule 2 (6) amends the Schedule of savings and transitional provisions:
(a) by allowing the Director-General (instead of the applicant) to determine the
length of a shortened renewal of registration if the Director-General considers it
is likely to be affected by the enactment of proposed Commonwealth
legislation; and
(b) by allowing the Director-General to extend a current registration period for up
to 12 months if the Director-General considers that the registration period is
likely to be affected by the enactment of proposed Commonwealth legislation.