Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

i Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 S.R. No. 34/2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provisions 1 3. Revocation 1 4. New definitions inserted 2 5. New regulation 16A inserted 2 16A. Records of use of hormonal growth promotants 2 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4 -- 1 of 5 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2003 S.R. No. 34/2003 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 6 May 2003 Responsible Minister: BOB CAMERON Minister for Agriculture HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 1996 to require users of hormonal growth promotants to keep certain records. 2. Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 27 and 76 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992. 3. Revocation The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Hormonal Growth Promotants) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 1 are revoked. -- 2 of 5 -- S.R. No. 34/2003 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 2 4. New definitions inserted In regulation 4 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 19962 insert the following definitions ' "hormonal growth promotant" means a veterinary chemical product containing oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic activity to enhance growth or production in bovines and bubalines; "property identification number" means the code or number issued by the Secretary under section 9B(3) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994; "user of a hormonal growth promotant" means the person who (a) treats an animal with a hormonal growth promotant; or (b) manages the property on which the animal is treated;'. 5. New regulation 16A inserted After regulation 16 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 1996 insert "16A. Records of use of hormonal growth promotants (1) The user of a hormonal growth promotant must, within 24 hours of the hormonal growth promotant being used, make an accurate record of the following information (a) the date of treatment; and (b) the number and type (breed, age and sex) of animals treated; and r. 4 -- 3 of 5 -- S.R. No. 34/2003 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 3 (c) the name of the hormonal growth promotants used; and (d) the name and address of the supplier of the hormonal growth promotants used; and (e) the total number of hormonal growth promotants used; and (f) the number of implants lost or damaged during treatment; and (g) the address of the property on which the animals were treated; and (h) the property identification number of the property on which the animals were treated. Penalty: 20 penalty units. (2) The user of a hormonal growth promotant must keep any record made by the user under sub-regulation (1) for a period of 2 years. Penalty: 20 penalty units.". ═══════════════ r. 5 -- 4 of 5 -- S.R. No. 34/2003 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 4 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 26/1995. 2 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 71/1996 as amended by S.R. Nos 38/1998 and 143/2001. Endnotes -- 5 of 5 --