CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 7
Use of registered agricultural and veterinary chemical products taken from unlabelled containers
CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 7
Use of registered agricultural and veterinary chemical products taken from unlabelled containers
7 Use of registered agricultural and veterinary chemical products taken from
unlabelled containers
(1) A person must not use a registered agricultural or veterinary chemical
product taken from a container that does not have attached to it an approved
label for containers for the product.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300
penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the product was taken
from a container with a label for which the APVMA issued a permit.
(3) It is
a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove—
(a) the product was put in the container ready for use after being taken from
another container having attached to it an approved label for containers for
the product; or
(b) the product was supplied by a veterinary surgeon in the
container and the person uses the product in the way stated in the written
instructions or dispensing label supplied with the product.
(4) This section
is an eligible law for the definition ‘permit’ under section 109 of the
Agvet Code .