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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994
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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994
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(1) The APVMA may, by writing, appoint members of its staff, persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999, or other persons having appropriate qualifications, to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act. (2) An inspector is a Commonwealth officer for the purposes of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914. (3) The APVMA must cause to be issued to each person who is an inspector an identity card which states the name of the person and the fact that the person is an inspector for the purposes of this Act and to which is attached a photograph of the person taken within the 3 years before the identity card is issued. (4) A person who has ceased to be an inspector must, as soon as practicable, return to the APVMA the identity card issued to him or her under this section.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: One penalty unit.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (4). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(6) An offence under subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.