Agricultural Standards Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1993 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1993 No. 78 Agricultural Standards Act 1952 AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1993 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Amended regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new Part 10, Division 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Division 3—Hormonal growth promotants 54A Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 54B Dealers to notify standards officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 54C Dealers to get declarations from users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 54D Dealer’s records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 54E Dealer’s monthly returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 54F User’s records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Agricultural Standards Amendment (No. 1) No. 78, 1993 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Agricultural Standards Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1993 . ˙ Amended regulation 2. The Agricultural Standards Regulation 1984 is amended as set out in this regulation. ˙ Insertion of new Part 10, Division 3 3. After section 54— insert— ‘Division 3—Hormonal growth promotants ˙ ‘Definitions ‘54A. In this Division— “dealer” means a person (other than a user) who buys or sells a hormonal growth promotant in the course of business; “hormonal growth promotant” means a product that— (a) contains as an ingredient, 1 or more hormones or anabolic substances, including, but not limited to, the following— (i) 17 beta oestradiol; (ii) progesterone; (iii) oestradiol benzoate; (iv) testosterone propionate; (v) trenbolone acetate; (vi) zeranol; and (b) is used for the promotion of growth of bovines or bubalines; “user” means a person who buys a hormonal growth promotant for the purpose of implantation into an animal.

3 Agricultural Standards Amendment (No. 1) No. 78, 1993 ˙ ‘Dealers to notify standards officer ‘54B.(1) A dealer must not sell hormonal growth promotants unless the person has given to the standards officer written notice that the person is a dealer in promotants. Maximum penalty—16 penalty units. ‘(2) The notice must be in a form approved by the standards officer. ˙ ‘Dealers to get declarations from users ‘54C.(1) A dealer who sells hormonal growth promotants to a user must get from the user a declaration in relation to the user’s purchase and proposed use of the promotant. ‘(2) The declaration must be in a form approved by the standards officer. ‘(3) The dealer must keep the declaration for not less than 2 years. Maximum penalty for subsections (1) and (3)—16 penalty units. ˙ ‘Dealer’s records ‘54D.(1) A dealer must keep a written record of details of— (a) in relation to the purchase by the dealer of a hormonal growth promotant— (i) the trade name, batch number and quantity of hormonal growth promotant purchased; and (ii) the day of the purchase and the full name and address of the person from whom it was purchased; and (b) in relation to the sale by the dealer of a hormonal growth promotant to a person other than a user— (i) the trade name, batch number and quantity of promotant sold; and (ii) the day of sale and the full name and address of the buyer. ‘(2) The person must— (a) enter the details in the record before the end of the day of purchase or sale; and

4 Agricultural Standards Amendment (No. 1) No. 78, 1993 (b) keep the entry for not less than 2 years. Maximum penalty for subsections (1) and (2)—16 penalty units. ˙ ‘Dealer’s monthly returns ‘54E.(1) A dealer must, within 14 days after the end of each month, give the standards officer a return of the dealer’s purchases and sales of hormonal growth promotants during the preceding month. Maximum penalty—16 penalty units. ‘(2) The return must be in a form approved by the standards officer. ‘(3) Lodgment of a copy of a user’s declaration obtained under section 54C with the standards officer is sufficient compliance with subsection (1) in relation to the sale of promotant to the user. ˙ ‘User’s records ‘54F.(1) A user must keep a written record of details of— (a) the trade name, batch number and quantity of hormonal growth promotant purchased by the user; and (b) the day of purchase and the full name and address of the dealer from whom the promotant was purchased. ‘(2) The user must— (a) enter the details in the record before the end of the day of purchase; and (b) keep the entry for not less than 2 years after the day of entry. Maximum penalty for subsections (1) and (2)—16 penalty units. ’.

5 Agricultural Standards Amendment (No. 1) No. 78, 1993 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 25 March 1993. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 26 March 1993. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. The State of Queensland 1993