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Stock Medicines Act 1989
38Use of unregistered stock medicines
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#### 38 Use of unregistered stock medicines
38 Use of unregistered stock medicines
> > (1) A person must not use an unregistered stock medicine on stock that is a member of a food producing species.
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> > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or, for an offence by a corporation, 400 penalty units.
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> > (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant establishes that the defendant was authorised by section 39A or 39B to use the unregistered stock medicine concerned.
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> **s 38:** Am 1995 No 47, Sch 1 (6) (7). Subst 2004 No 89, Sch 1 \[13\].