Queensland Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS ACT 1994

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

           Division 1--Short title

   1.      Short title

           Division 2--Object of Act

   3.      Main object of Act and its achievement

           Division 3--Interpretation

   4.      Definitions

           Part 2--Standards

   5.      Chief executive may make standards
   6.      Standard is subordinate legislation
   7.      Advisory committees
   8.      Procedure to make standard
   9.      Compensation not payable on making, amendment or repeal
   10.     Regulation prevails over standard

           Part 3--Offences about agriculture

   11.     Offences about packing and labelling of agricultural requirements
   12.     False or misleading representations about agricultural requirements
   13.     Offence about prohibited materials, harmful ingredients etc.
   14.     Offence about false or misleading representations about the use or non-use of hormonal growth promotants
   14A.    False or misleading representations about stock

           Part 4--Enforcement of Act

           Division 1--Inspectors and analysts

   15.     Appointment of inspectors and analysts
   16.     Limitation on inspector's powers
   17.     Inspector's appointment conditions
   18.     Inspector's identity card
   19.     Production or display of inspector's identity card

           Division 2--Inspector's entry to places and vehicles

   20.     Entry to places
   21.     Consent to entry
   22.     Warrants for entry
   23.     Warrants—applications made other than in person
   24.     Entry to vehicles

           Division 3--Inspector's power to seize

   25.     Power to seize
   26.     Powers in support of seizure
   27.     Receipt for seized things
   28.     Access to seized things
   29.     Return of seized things
   30.     Forfeiture of seized thing if not changed to comply with Act
   31.     Forfeiture of seized thing if can not be changed to comply with Act
   32.     Forfeiture of unclaimed seized things

           Division 4--Inspector's general powers

   33.     General powers after entering places or vehicles
   34.     Power to require name and address
   35.     Power to require production of documents

           Division 5--Other enforcement matters

   36.     Destruction of agricultural requirement that is a serious risk to health
   37.     Analysis of samples
   38.     Publication of analysis results
   39.     False or misleading information
   40.     False, misleading or incomplete documents
   41.     Compensation
   42.     Forfeiture on conviction
   43.     Dealing with forfeited things
   44.     Inspector to give notice of damage
   45.     Obstructing inspectors
   46.     Impersonating inspectors

           Part 5--Review of decisions

   47.     Who may apply for review etc.
   48.     Applying for review
   49.     Chief executive's decision on review
   50.     Stay of operation of original decision etc.

           Part 6--Appeals

   51.     Who may appeal
   52.     How to start appeal
   53.     Stay of operation of decisions
   54.     Powers of Magistrates Court on appeal
   55.     Effect of Magistrates Court's decision on appeal
   56.     Procedure of court
   57.     Appeals

           Part 7--Legal proceedings

   58.     Offences are summary offences
   59.     Attempts to commit offences
   60.     Limitation on time for starting proceedings
   61.     Evidence
   62.     Evidence of certain matters—notice of challenge required
   63.     Analyst's certificate or report produced by defendant
   64.     Expenses of analysis to be paid by offenders on conviction
   65.     Protection from liability

           Part 8--Miscellaneous

   66.     Chief executive may delegate
   67.     Regulation-making power
   74.     Review of Act
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           Endnotes