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VETERINARY CHEMICAL CONTROL AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS ACT 1976


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I -- Introductory provisions  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   5.      Terms used

   PART II -- Exemptions, prohibitions and construction  

   6.      Application
            
   7.      Exemptions by Order
            
   8.      Prohibition
            
   9.      Act to be construed subject to certain laws
            
   10.     Administration

   PART III -- Control of production and sales  

   11.     Unhygienic production etc. of animal feeding stuffs
            
   13.     Prohibition on sale of prohibited products and substances, and use of certain premises
            
   14.     Sale of sub-standard animal feeding stuff

   PART IV -- Control of use of veterinary chemical products  

   15.     Regulations relating to control of use of veterinary chemical products

   PART V -- Regulation of sale of certain stock, stock products and carcasses  

   16.     Regulations relating to sale of certain stock, stock products and carcasses

   PART VA -- Regulation of prescribed substances  

   36AA.   Term used: treated
            
   36A.    Regulations relating to prescribed substances
            
   36B.    Certain agreements void
            
   36D.    False statements as to prescribed substances

   PART VI -- Inspection, sampling and analysis  

   37.     Appointment of inspectors
            
   38.     Powers of entry, search and in relation to movement of stock
            
   39.     Supply of information
            
   40.     Power to seize and detain
            
   40A.    Other powers of an inspector
            
   40B.    Recovery of inspection costs
            
   41.     Powers of sampling
            
   42.     Duty of dealers to provide samples and information when required
            
   42A.    Duty of persons to facilitate the operation of Parts IV, V and VA
            
   43.     Tampering with samples
            
   44.     Use of samples for prosecutions
            
   45.     Production of part retained for comparison
            
   46.     Analysts
            
   47.     Analysis
            
   48.     Results of analysis may be published
            
   49.     Evidence of analysis and relation of sample to bulk
            
   50.     Omissions not to prejudice proceedings

   PART VII -- Packaging, labelling and standards  

   52.     Regulations
            
   53.      Offences relating to labelling

   PART VIII -- Advertisements  

   54.     Advertisements
            
   55.     Prohibited statements

   PART IX -- Invoices and warranties  

   57.     Invoices
            
   58.     Warranties
            
   59.     Breach of duty by seller is an offence

   PART X -- Miscellaneous and general  

   59A.    Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and the Auditor General Act 2006
            
   60.     Persons obstructing execution of this Act
            
   61.     Vicarious liability for sales
            
   62.     Forfeiture
            
   63.     Offences and penalties
            
   64.     Proceedings for offences
            
   65.     Evidence of qualifications
            
   66.     Onus of proof
            
   67.     Protection from liability
            
   68.     Regulations
            
           Uncommenced provisions table
            
           Other notes
           Defined terms
           

An Act —
•         to provide for the control of the use of veterinary chemical products and the regulation of the sale of certain stock, stock products, and carcasses of stock treated with veterinary chemical products;
•         to provide for the regulation of the sale and use of certain substances that promote, or are intended to promote, growth in stock and also of the sale of stock, or the carcasses of stock, which have been or are declared not to have been treated with a substance of that kind;
•         to control and regulate the production, importation, treatment, preparation for sale, marketing, storage, and sale of animal feeding stuffs,
and for incidental and other purposes.

        [Long title inserted: No. 76 of 2004 s. 3.]



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