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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
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#### 95 Labels for restricted chemical products
(1) A person must not supply a restricted chemical product, or cause or permit a restricted chemical product to be supplied, unless the label attached to the container for the product contains the words “RESTRICTED CHEMICAL PRODUCT—ONLY TO BE SUPPLIED TO OR USED BY AN AUTHORISED PERSON”.
(1A) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1A) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
> Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(3) Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.
> Note: Division 2 of Part 9A provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.