Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988
sec.26Tampering with seals, samples, etc.
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sec.26 Tampering with seals, samples, etc.
A person shall not— without the permission (the proof whereof shall lie upon the person) of the standards officer or an inspector to do so open, break, alter, remove, or erase any identifying mark or device, label, signature, seal, or fastening placed by an inspector in pursuance of this Act upon any chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance, or upon any package, or portion or sample, or part of a portion or sample, or upon any door, gate or aperture affording access to the same; or knowingly or fraudulently tamper with any chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance or package containing the same so as to procure that any portion or sample taken under this Act does not correctly represent the chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance or the contents of the package; or tamper with any portion or sample or part of a portion or sample taken under this Act. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. s 26 amd 1994 No. 78 s 37 sch ; 2002 No. 76 ss 17 , 30 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 7 s 525
- (a) without the permission (the proof whereof shall lie upon the person) of the standards officer or an inspector to do so open, break, alter, remove, or erase any identifying mark or device, label, signature, seal, or fastening placed by an inspector in pursuance of this Act upon any chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance, or upon any package, or portion or sample, or part of a portion or sample, or upon any door, gate or aperture affording access to the same; or
- (b) knowingly or fraudulently tamper with any chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance or package containing the same so as to procure that any portion or sample taken under this Act does not correctly represent the chemical, agricultural produce, plant, manufactured stock food, trade species animal, product derived from a trade species animal, fertiliser or other substance or the contents of the package; or
- (c) tamper with any portion or sample or part of a portion or sample taken under this Act.