19Off-label use of chemical products

19 Off-label use of chemical products

S. 19(1) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 45(2)(a).

(1) A person must not, otherwise than in accordance with a permit issued under Schedule 1, use a chemical product, fertiliser or stock food—

(a) at a rate that is higher than the maximum application rate for that use, as stated on the label; or

(b) at intervals more frequent than the intervals for that use, as stated on the label.

S. 19(2) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 45(2)(b).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), rate, in relation to an agricultural chemical product, means the quantity per unit area, or per item.

S. 19(3) amended by Nos 73/1994 s. 45(2)(c), 55/2001 s. 9(1)(a)(b).

(3) A person must not, otherwise than in accordance with a permit issued under Schedule 1, use a chemical product, fertiliser or stock food in a particular manner or for a particular purpose or in particular circumstances if the label specifically states that the chemical product, fertiliser or stock food must not be used in that particular manner or for that particular purpose or in those particular circumstances.

S. 19(4) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 45(2)(c).

(4) A person must not use a prescribed chemical product, fertiliser or stock food otherwise than in accordance with—

(a) the instructions on the label; or

(b) a permit issued under Schedule 1.

S. 19(5) repealed by No. 73/1994 s. 45(2)(d), new s. 19(5) inserted by No. 55/2001 s. 9(2).

(5) A person must only use a prescribed chemical product, fertiliser or stock food or a chemical product, fertiliser or stock food that contains a prescribed constituent in a particular manner or for particular purposes or in particular circumstances if the label for that chemical product, fertiliser or stock food contains a statement prescribed by the regulations specifying or indicating that the chemical product, fertiliser or stock food must only be used in that manner or for those purposes or in those circumstances, unless otherwise authorised by a permit under Schedule 1.

S. 19(6) amended by Nos 73/1994 s. 45(2)(e), 33/2000 s. 6(a), 55/2001 s. 9(3).

(6) A person must not sell, within the relevant withholding period stated on the label of a chemical product or stock food, any agricultural produce or stock to which the chemical product has been applied, any agricultural produce obtained from stock to which the chemical product has been applied or any stock that has consumed the stock food unless the seller has notified the buyer that the period has not expired.

S. 19(7) inserted by No. 55/2001 s. 9(4).