SEEDS ACT 1982 - SECT 5 Parcel of seeds to be labelled

This legislation has been repealed.

SEEDS ACT 1982 - SECT 5

5 Parcel of seeds to be labelled

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not sell a parcel of seeds unless there is legibly and durably written on, or on a label securely attached to, the parcel a statement specifying in such manner and form as may be prescribed:

(a) the botanical name or, as the case may require, the botanical names of the seeds, and

(b) such other particulars as may be required by the regulations.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) Where there is a common name for seeds, being a common name specified:

(a) in the regulations, or

(b) in a list of common names for seeds appearing in a publication referred to in the regulations,

that common name may be used in the statement referred to in subsection (1) instead of the botanical name of the seeds.