Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 27 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS CODE REGULATIONS - REG 9

9. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 14 (3) (d) of the Code (which deals with
the grant or refusal of applications), an agricultural chemical product of a
kind specified in subregulation (2), (3) or (4) must comply with the
requirements prescribed by this regulation in relation to that product.

(2) A molluscicide in the form of a bait and of which the active constituent
is metaldehyde:

   (a)  must contain sufficient green pigment or dye to colour the bait a
        distinctive green colour; and

   (b)  must not contain, in the bait, any bone meal or other product of
        animal origin.

(3) A molluscicide in the form of a bait and of which the active constituent
is methiocarb:

   (a)  must contain sufficient blue pigment or dye to colour the bait a
        distinctive blue colour; and

   (b)  must not contain, in the bait, any bone meal or other product of
        animal origin.

(4) An agricultural chemical product that is to be applied to seeds that are
to be stored before planting or sowing must contain sufficient pigment or dye
to colour the seed to which the product is applied so as to enable that seed
to be readily distinguished from seed to which the product has not been
applied.