Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992
25AOrders prohibiting or regulating use
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25A Orders prohibiting or regulating use
(1) A person must not use any chemical product, fertiliser or stock food in contravention of an Order made by the Governor in Council that prohibits or regulates the use of a chemical product, fertiliser or stock food or class of chemical products, fertilisers or stock foods that—
(a) is specified in the Order; or
(b) contains a constituent that is, or is part of a class that is, specified in the Order; or
(c) contains a constituent other than in the proportion specified in the Order in relation to that constituent, or in relation to a class of constituents of which that constituent is a part.
Note to s. 25A(1) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 5(1).
(2) The Governor in Council may, by Order—
(a) prohibit or regulate that use by reference to any conditions or circumstances specified in the Order; or
(b) prohibit that use except as permitted by a permit issued in accordance with Schedule 1; or
(c) prohibit that use—
(i) for all purposes; or
(ii) for any purpose specified in the Order; or
(iii) for any purpose other than one specified in the Order.
(3) The Order must be published in the Government Gazette and takes effect on the day of publication or any later day specified in the Order.