Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988
sec.12CSupply by veterinary surgeon to others
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sec.12C Supply by veterinary surgeon to others
A veterinary surgeon may supply a registered veterinary chemical product that is not packed and labelled in the way stated in the Agvet Code — for an animal under the care of the veterinary surgeon; or to another veterinary surgeon in the same veterinary practice. However, subsection (1) (b) applies only if a pharmacologically equivalent registered veterinary chemical product with instructions for use for the particular animal species being treated is not reasonably available in the particular circumstances. s 12C ins 2002 No. 76 s 26 (sec.12C-ssec.1) A veterinary surgeon may supply a registered veterinary chemical product that is not packed and labelled in the way stated in the Agvet Code — for an animal under the care of the veterinary surgeon; or to another veterinary surgeon in the same veterinary practice. (sec.12C-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (b) applies only if a pharmacologically equivalent registered veterinary chemical product with instructions for use for the particular animal species being treated is not reasonably available in the particular circumstances.
- (a) for an animal under the care of the veterinary surgeon; or
- (b) to another veterinary surgeon in the same veterinary practice.