1Purposes

1 Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

S. 1(a) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 39.

(a) to impose controls in relation to the use, application and sale of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, fertilisers and stock foods and the manufacture of fertilisers and stock foods, for the purpose of—

(i) protecting the health of the general public and the users of those products; and

(ii) protecting the environment; and

(iii) protecting the health and welfare of animals; and

(iv) protecting domestic and export trade in agricultural produce and livestock; and

(v) ensuring that a product is effective for the purposes described on its label; and

(vi) promoting uniformity of regulation throughout Australia; and

(b) to impose controls in relation to agricultural spraying and to provide protection against financial loss caused by damage to plants and stock from agricultural spraying; and

S. 1(c) amended by No. 55/2001 s. 4.

(c) to impose controls in relation to the production of agricultural produce to avoid the contamination of food for human consumption; and

S. 1(d) inserted by No. 55/2001 s. 4.

(d) to impose controls in relation to the transport, handling, sale and other dealings with agricultural produce, fertilisers and stock food.