CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 11A Claims about unregistered chemicals

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

11A Claims about unregistered chemicals

(1) A person must not make a claim about the use of an unregistered chemical.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if use of the unregistered chemical is authorised by a permit.

(3) Subsection (1) also does not apply to the making or reporting of a statement about the unregistered chemical if the statement—

(a) is made—

(i) in a scientific paper or other scientific literature; or

(ii) in a scientific report or presentation; or

(iii) at a conference or seminar, or in an address, meeting or discussion, about chemical products;

and is based on data published in a reputable scientific refereed journal or of a standard publishable in a reputable scientific refereed journal; or

(b) is made on radio or television, or in a newspaper, journal or newsletter, as fair comment on any material—

(i) published for the purposes of a conference or seminar; and

(ii) based on data mentioned in paragraph (a) ; or

(c) is made by a veterinary surgeon about a use under section 12F .