128Codes of practice for use of chemical products

128 Codes of practice for use of chemical products (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, approve an instrument as in force at a particular time or from time to time as a code of practice for this Act. (2) The matters a code of practice may deal with include any of the following: (a) the use of a chemical product or class of chemical products generally or in a particular way; (b) the use of a chemical product or class of chemical products by an agricultural industry or class of agricultural industries. (3) A notice published under subsection (1) must specify where copies of the approved code of practice may be inspected or purchased. (4) The Chemicals Coordinator must ensure that copies of the approved code of practice are available for inspection and purchase at the place specified in the notice. (5) A contravention of a code of practice does not of itself constitute an offence against this Act. (6) Before approving a code of practice, the Minister must: (a) give notice of the proposal to do so to the persons and in the way the Minister considers appropriate; (b) invite the persons to whom the notice is given to comment on the proposal within the time and in the way the Minister considers appropriate; and

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 2004 77 (c) consider any comments received in accordance with the notice.