sec.7Use of registered agricultural and veterinary chemical products taken from unlabelled containers

sec.7 Use of registered agricultural and veterinary chemical products taken from unlabelled containers

A person must not use a registered agricultural or veterinary chemical product taken from a container that does not have attached to it an approved label for containers for the product. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply if the product was taken from a container with a label for which the APVMA issued a permit. It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove— the product was put in the container ready for use after being taken from another container having attached to it an approved label for containers for the product; or the product was supplied by a veterinary surgeon in the container and the person uses the product in the way stated in the written instructions or dispensing label supplied with the product. This section is an eligible law for the definition ‘permit’ under section 109 of the Agvet Code . s 7 prev s 7 sub 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 om 1994 No. 78 s 37 sch pres s 7 ins 2002 No. 76 s 19 amd 2006 No. 48 s 48 sch (sec.7-ssec.1) A person must not use a registered agricultural or veterinary chemical product taken from a container that does not have attached to it an approved label for containers for the product. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. (sec.7-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the product was taken from a container with a label for which the APVMA issued a permit. (sec.7-ssec.3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove— the product was put in the container ready for use after being taken from another container having attached to it an approved label for containers for the product; or the product was supplied by a veterinary surgeon in the container and the person uses the product in the way stated in the written instructions or dispensing label supplied with the product. (sec.7-ssec.4) This section is an eligible law for the definition ‘permit’ under section 109 of the Agvet Code .

• (a) the product was put in the container ready for use after being taken from another container having attached to it an approved label for containers for the product; or
• (b) the product was supplied by a veterinary surgeon in the container and the person uses the product in the way stated in the written instructions or dispensing label supplied with the product.