CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 38 Regulation-making power

CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 38

38 Regulation-making power

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2) A regulation may be made about the following—

(a) regulating the use, storage and possession of chemicals generally or having regard to—

(i) their location; or

(ii) the time of year; or

(iii) meteorological conditions; or

(iv) the equipment or method to be used to apply the chemicals; or

(v) the quantity of the chemicals to be used, stored or possessed; or

(vi) the qualifications had by the person using, storing or having possession of the chemicals;

(b) prescribing maximum residue limits for agricultural produce, manufactured stock food, the tissue of a trade species animal or a product derived from a trade species animal;

(c) regulating the use, storage and possession of agricultural produce, manufactured stock food and products derived from trade species animals that contain the residue of a chemical in an amount more than the maximum residue limit prescribed for the produce, stock food or product;

(d) the taking and dealing with of samples, the quantity or weight of samples and the marking or labelling of samples;

(e) the analysis of samples;

(f) the records to be made and kept for the purposes of this Act and the persons by whom they are to be made and kept;

(g) prescribing matters and things in respect whereof fees, charges and expenses shall be payable, the amounts of such fees, charges or expenses, the persons liable to pay the same and time at which they become payable and providing for the manner of payment and the manner of recovering an amount not paid;

(h) prescribing forms to be used for the purposes of this Act, the purposes for which they are to be used and the persons by whom they are to be completed;

(i) providing for offences against the regulations and prescribing the amount of any penalty (not exceeding 40 penalty units) for an offence;

(j) prescribing all matters and things that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act.