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sch.3-sec.90Notifying contaminants
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### sch.3-sec.90 Notifying contaminants
This section applies if—
before the commencement, a person has an obligation under the amended Act, section 15 to notify the standards officer under that Act of a particular fact stated in that section relating to agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and
the obligation relates to the residue of a chemical that is a contaminant in or on the agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and
immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the obligation.
From the commencement—
the obligation to notify the standards officer of the fact is taken to be an obligation under section 47 to notify an inspector of the fact; and
the stated period continues to apply for notifying the inspector; and
the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 15.
(sch.3-sec.90-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person has an obligation under the amended Act, section 15 to notify the standards officer under that Act of a particular fact stated in that section relating to agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and the obligation relates to the residue of a chemical that is a contaminant in or on the agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the obligation.
(sch.3-sec.90-ssec.2) From the commencement— the obligation to notify the standards officer of the fact is taken to be an obligation under section 47 to notify an inspector of the fact; and the stated period continues to apply for notifying the inspector; and the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 15.
- (a) before the commencement, a person has an obligation under the amended Act, section 15 to notify the standards officer under that Act of a particular fact stated in that section relating to agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and
- (b) the obligation relates to the residue of a chemical that is a contaminant in or on the agricultural produce or manufactured stock food; and
- (c) immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the obligation.
- (a) the obligation to notify the standards officer of the fact is taken to be an obligation under section 47 to notify an inspector of the fact; and
- (b) the stated period continues to apply for notifying the inspector; and
- (c) the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 15.