48Supply of hormonal growth promotant—purchaser’s declaration

#### 48 Supply of hormonal growth promotant—purchaser’s declaration (1) A person must not supply a hormonal growth promotant unless: (a) the recipient gives to the supplier, at the time of acquisition, a declaration that: (i) is in a form approved by the APVMA; and (ii) states: (A) the total quantity and type of the promotant acquired; and (B) the batch number of the promotant; and (C) the purchaser declaration number for the premises where animals proposed to be treated with the promotant are to be kept; and (iii) acknowledges that the recipient is aware that an animal treated with a hormonal growth promotant must be marked as an animal so treated, as required by the law of this jurisdiction (that is, by making in its ear an equilateral triangular hole 20 millimetres on each side); or (b) the recipient has been assigned a notification number that has not ceased to have effect and has not been withdrawn. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (3) An offence under subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (4) Subregulation (1) is a civil penalty provision. > Note: Division 2 of Part 9A of the Code provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.