Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988
sec.11Claims inconsistent with labels
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sec.11 Claims inconsistent with labels
This section applies to a claim— about a registered chemical product, or a chemical product containing a registered chemical product; and inconsistent with an instruction on an approved label for containers for the registered chemical product. For the purposes of section 84 (2) of the Agvet Code — the standards officer or a deputy standards officer, or a person acting under the direction of either officer, may make a claim under this Act; and an officer of the public service or another employee of the State may make a claim in the course of the person’s employment by the State; and a person prescribed by regulation may make a claim in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. Subsection (2) applies only if the claim is made honestly and without negligence. s 11 sub 1994 No. 78 s 37 sch (sec.11-ssec.1) This section applies to a claim— about a registered chemical product, or a chemical product containing a registered chemical product; and inconsistent with an instruction on an approved label for containers for the registered chemical product. (sec.11-ssec.2) For the purposes of section 84 (2) of the Agvet Code — the standards officer or a deputy standards officer, or a person acting under the direction of either officer, may make a claim under this Act; and an officer of the public service or another employee of the State may make a claim in the course of the person’s employment by the State; and a person prescribed by regulation may make a claim in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. (sec.11-ssec.3) Subsection (2) applies only if the claim is made honestly and without negligence.
- (a) about a registered chemical product, or a chemical product containing a registered chemical product; and
- (b) inconsistent with an instruction on an approved label for containers for the registered chemical product.
- (a) the standards officer or a deputy standards officer, or a person acting under the direction of either officer, may make a claim under this Act; and
- (b) an officer of the public service or another employee of the State may make a claim in the course of the person’s employment by the State; and
- (c) a person prescribed by regulation may make a claim in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.