CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 11 Claims inconsistent with labels

CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 11

11 Claims inconsistent with labels

(1) This section applies to a claim—

(a) about a registered chemical product, or a chemical product containing a registered chemical product; and

(b) inconsistent with an instruction on an approved label for containers for the registered chemical product.

(2) For the purposes of section 84 (2) of the Agvet Code —

(a) the standards officer or a deputy standards officer, or a person acting under the direction of either officer, may make a claim under this Act; and

(b) an officer of the public service or another employee of the State may make a claim in the course of the person’s employment by the State; and

(c) a person prescribed by regulation may make a claim in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.

(3) Subsection (2) applies only if the claim is made honestly and without negligence.