Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988
sec.12VObservance of withholding period
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sec.12V Observance of withholding period
This section applies to a person in charge of a trade species animal if— a veterinary chemical product or compounded veterinary chemical product has been used to treat the animal; and a withholding period applies to the use of the product. The person must not, within the withholding period, allow the animal to be shorn or slaughtered or milk or eggs to be collected from the animal, for human consumption. Maximum penalty for subsection (2) —600 penalty units. This subsection is an executive liability provision—see section 30A . s 12V ins 2002 No. 76 s 26 amd 2015 No. 15 s 65 (sec.12V-ssec.1) This section applies to a person in charge of a trade species animal if— a veterinary chemical product or compounded veterinary chemical product has been used to treat the animal; and a withholding period applies to the use of the product. (sec.12V-ssec.2) The person must not, within the withholding period, allow the animal to be shorn or slaughtered or milk or eggs to be collected from the animal, for human consumption. Maximum penalty for subsection (2) —600 penalty units. This subsection is an executive liability provision—see section 30A .
- (a) a veterinary chemical product or compounded veterinary chemical product has been used to treat the animal; and
- (b) a withholding period applies to the use of the product.