New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK MEDICINES ACT 1989 - SECT 40

40 Variation of use instructions by veterinary practitioner

(1) This section applies to the following actions of a veterinary practitioner:

(a) the use by the veterinary practitioner of an unregistered stock medicine on stock of a food producing species,

(b) the giving of instructions for the use of an unregistered stock medicine on stock of a food producing species,

(c) the use by the veterinary practitioner of a registered stock medicine on stock of a major food producing species in a manner contrary to the use instructions,

(d) the giving of instructions for the use of a registered stock medicine on stock of a major food producing species in a manner contrary to the use instructions.

(2) A veterinary practitioner must not take any action to which this section applies if it is reasonably likely that the action will result in stock or products from stock:

(a) where there is no relevant withholding period for the stock medicine concerned, containing any chemical residue at a level that contravenes the Food Standards Code, or

(b) where there is a relevant withholding period for the stock medicine concerned, containing, at or after the expiry of that period, any chemical residue at a level that contravenes the Food Standards Code.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(3) In this section, "Food Standards Code" has the same meaning as in the Food Act 2003 .