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TASMANIA
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AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY
CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE)
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 18 amended (Offences involving use, &c., of
chemical products)
5. Section 20 amended (Orders prohibiting or regulating
handling, &c.)
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AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY
CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE)
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2002
(Brought in by the Minister for Primary Industries, Water
and Environment, the Honourable Bryan Alexander Green)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and
Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Amendment Act
2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
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Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
(Control of Use) Act 1995* is referred to as the Principal
Act.
Section 18 amended (Offences involving use, &c., of
chemical products)
4. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting paragraph (d) from subsection (1)
and substituting the following paragraph:
(d) it is a veterinary chemical product
prepared by
(i) a veterinary surgeon; or
(ii) a registered pharmaceutical
chemist acting in accordance
with the instructions of a
veterinary surgeon
and is handled in accordance with
an advice notice or label in the
prescribed form.
(b) by inserting the following subsection after
subsection (1):
(1A) If a chemical product is registered
under the Code and is used
(a) at a lower concentration than is
advised on a label referred to in
subsection (1)(a); or
*No. 106 of 1995
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(b) at a lower rate of application than
is advised on that label; or
(c) at a lower frequency than is
advised on that label; or
(d) on a crop identified on that label to
treat a pest or disease that is not
so identified
that use of the chemical product is taken to
comply with subsection (1)(a).
Section 20 amended (Orders prohibiting or
regulating handling, &c.)
5. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting in subsection (1) ", use, prescribe
or otherwise deal with" after "handle";
(b) by omitting paragraph (e) from subsection (2)
and substituting the following paragraphs:
(e) prohibit or regulate the mixing of
chemical products with any other
substance; or
(f) prohibit or regulate the sale,
supply or prescription of a
veterinary chemical product by a
veterinary surgeon.
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