Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 351 Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988 CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Replacement of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 Claims made about hormonal growth promotants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s4 Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) No. 351, 1994 Control Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1994 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Chemical Usage Regulation 1989 . ˙ Replacement of s 1 (Short title) 3. Section 1— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Short title ‘ 1. This regulation may be cited as the Chemical Usage (Agriculturaland Veterinary) Control Regulation 1989 .’. ˙ Insertion of new s 9 4. After section 8— insert— ˙ ‘ Claims made about hormonal growth promotants ‘ 9.(1) In this section— “HGP free tag” has the meaning given by the Stock IdentificationRegulation 1985 . “meat processing facility” has the meaning given by the Meat IndustryAct 1993 . ‘ (2) This section applies to a person who makes a claim, or causes or permits a claim to be made, by an HGP free tag attached to a head of cattle 1 1 Section 14(2) of the Stock Identification Regulation 1985 makes it an offence to attach an HGP free tag to a head of cattle treated with a hormonal growth promotant ( “HGP” ). Section 14(4) of that regulation requires the removal of the tag if the head of cattle is treated with an HGP. The presence of an HGP free tag is, therefore, a claim that the head of cattle is not treated with an HGP.

s4 3 s4 Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) No. 351, 1994 Control Amendment (No. 1) or otherwise, that the head of cattle has not been treated with a hormonal growth promotant ( “HGP” ). ‘ (3) If the person sells the head of cattle other than through an agent at a saleyard, the person must, if asked by the buyer, give the buyer a declaration( “HGP declaration” ) when the head of cattle is delivered to the buyer. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘ (4) The HGP declaration must— (a) be made by the person no more than 7 days before the sale; and (b) state whether or not the person has treated the head of cattle, or caused or permitted the head of cattle to be treated, with an HGP; and (c) if the person bought the head of cattle from someone else (the “third person” )— (i) state the name of the third person; and (ii) state whether or not an HGP free tag was attached to the head of cattle when the person bought it; and (iii) state whether or not the person received an HGP declaration when the person bought the head of cattle. ‘ (5) An HGP declaration may be made about more than 1 head of cattle. ‘ (6) If the person sells the head of cattle through an agent at a saleyard, the agent must give the buyer a written statement stating whether or not an HGP free tag was attached to the head of cattle when it was sold. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘ (7) However, the person need not give the statement if the head of cattle sold through the agent is consigned to a meat processing facility. ‘ (8) A statement may be given under subsection (6) about more than 1 head of cattle.’.

4 Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Amendment (No. 1) No. 351, 1994 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 29 September 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 30 September 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 1994