Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 27 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS CODE REGULATIONS - REG 8

8. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Code, a substance or
mixture of substances included in any of the following classes of substances
or mixtures of substances is declared to be a veterinary chemical product:

   (a)  allergenic substances supplied or used for administration to an animal
        by any means, or for consumption by an animal;

   (b)  medicated blocks or licks;

   (c)  enzymes supplied or used for administration to an animal by any means,
        or for consumption by an animal;

   (d)  stockfood non-active constituents except stockfood non-active
        constituents excluded from this class by an order under section 7 of
        the Act;

   (e)  direct-fed microbial products;

   (f)  sheep branding substances.

(2) Section 7 of the Act (which deals with the power to make orders) applies
to the prescription of stockfood non-active constituents excluded from the
class described in paragraph (1) (d).

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (4) (b) of the Code, a substance or
mixture of substances included in any of the following classes of substances
or mixtures of substances is declared not to be a veterinary chemical product:

   (a)  stockfoods;

   (b)  medicated stockfoods to which subregulation (4) applies;

   (c)  medicated premixes to which subregulation (4) applies;

   (d)  blocks and licks (other than medicated blocks or licks) to which
        subregulation (5) applies;

   (e)  premixes to which subregulation (5) applies;

   (f)  stockfood supplements to which subregulation (5) applies;

   (g)  colour intensifiers for aviary birds.

(4) This subregulation applies to a medicated stockfood or medicated premix
if:

   (a)  any veterinary chemical product that is incorporated in the medicated
        stockfood or medicated premix:

        (i)    is a registered chemical product; and

        (ii)   is incorporated at a rate of use in accordance with the
               approved label for containers for that registered chemical
               product; and

   (b)  the container for the medicated stockfood or medicated premix is
        labelled in accordance with the directions on the approved label for
        that registered chemical product.

(5) This subregulation applies to a block, lick, premix or stockfood
supplement:
(a) for which the only claim on the label consists of the words "to supplement
diets where levels may be low", or words to that effect; and

   (b)  that incorporates, in respect of any vitamin, mineral or amino acid
        listed on the label, not less than 25% of the daily requirement of
        that vitamin, mineral or amino acid for the species for which the
        premix or stockfood supplement is intended.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5) (b), the daily requirement of a vitamin,
mineral or amino acid is the amount of the vitamin, mineral or amino acid
specified as the daily requirement by:

   (a)  if the species is a dog, cat or horse-the US National Research Council
        of the US National Academy of Sciences; or

   (b)  if the species is a ruminant, a pig or poultry-the relevant feeding
        standard.

(7) In paragraph (6) (b), "the relevant feeding standard" means:

   (a)  in the case of a ruminant-the standard "Feeding Standards for
        Australian Livestock: Ruminants Standing Committee on Agriculture,
        Ruminants Subcommittee East Melbourne 1990", published by CSIRO; or

   (b)  in the case of a pig-the standard "Feeding Standards for Australian
        Livestock: Pigs Standing Committee on Agriculture, Pig Subcommittee
        East Melbourne c1987", published by CSIRO; or

   (c)  in the case of poultry-the standard "Feeding Standards for Australian
        Livestock: Poultry Standing Committee on Agriculture, Poultry
        Subcommittee East Melbourne c1987", published by CSIRO.