Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 2004
30Use, prescription, recommendation or supply of human
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30 Use, prescription, recommendation or supply of human pharmaceuticals by veterinarian use, a registered human pharmaceutical unless authorised under a uses the pharmaceutical, or prescribes, recommends or supplies the pharmaceutical for use, where: (a) there is no registered veterinary chemical product available; or (b) the registered veterinary chemical products that are available are demonstrably ineffective or unsuitable for the intended use. (3) A veterinarian does not contravene subsection (1) if the (a) uses the pharmaceutical, or prescribes, recommends or supplies the pharmaceutical for use, to treat an animal of a species other than a food-producing species; and (5) In this section: registered human pharmaceutical means therapeutic goods that are included in the part of the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods maintained under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth for goods known as registered goods.