CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 12P
Information to be given to person in charge of animal
CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 12P
Information to be given to person in charge of animal
12P Information to be given to person in charge of animal
(1) This section applies to a person, other than a person mentioned in
subsection (4) , who uses a veterinary chemical product or compounded
veterinary chemical product to treat a trade species animal.
(2) The person
must give the person in charge of the animal at the time of the treatment,
full and appropriate written advice about the treatment including any written
instructions given by a veterinary surgeon or pharmacist.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty for subsection (2) —300 penalty units.
(3) If the person
who receives the advice is not usually in charge of the animal, the person
must give the advice to the person usually in charge of the animal when that
person again becomes in charge of the animal.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty
for subsection (3) —100 penalty units.
(4) This section does not apply
to—
(a) a veterinary surgeon; or
(b) the person usually in charge of the
animal; or
(c) an employee of the person usually in charge of the animal who
uses the product in the course of the employment.
