29Use, prescription, recommendation or supply of unregistered

29 Use, prescription, recommendation or supply of unregistered veterinary chemical products by veterinarian use, a veterinary chemical product that is not registered unless authorised under a permit. (2) A veterinarian does not contravene subsection (1) if the (a) uses the product, or prescribes, recommends or supplies the product for use, to treat an animal of a species other than a food-producing species; animal; and (c) when prescribing, recommending or supplying a compounded product, prescribes, recommends or supplies a quantity sufficient only for a single course of treatment. (3) A veterinarian does not contravene subsection (1) if the veterinarian product for use, where: (a) there is no registered veterinarian chemical product available; or (b) the registered veterinarian chemical products that are available are demonstrably ineffective or unsuitable for the intended use. (4) A veterinarian does not contravene subsection (1) if the veterinarian supplies the product to another veterinarian in the same veterinarian practice. (5) An offence against subsection (1) is a regulatory offence. (6) In this section: veterinary chemical product includes a compounded product.

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