New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

STOCK (CHEMICAL RESIDUES) REGULATION 1995 - REG 5A

5A Reporting of test results indicating stock are chemically affected: section 12C (a)

(1) For the purposes of section 12C (a) of the Act, subclauses (2) and (3) prescribe the manner, form and time in which particulars of test results indicating that stock are chemically affected must be furnished under that section.

(2) The owner of a laboratory or other facility that carried out the tests indicating that stock are chemically affected must cause a written report to be prepared containing the following particulars in respect of each sample that indicates that stock are chemically affected:

(a) the date the sample was taken,

(b) the date the sample was submitted to the laboratory or other facility,

(c) the name and address of the person who submitted the sample,

(d) the species of stock from which the sample was taken,

(e) if known--the name, address and telephone and facsimile numbers of the owner of the stock from which the sample was taken,

(f) if known--details identifying the property from which the stock came, including the address of the property, the rural lands protection district in which the property is situated, and the particulars of identification for the stock in accordance with the Stock Diseases Act 1923 ,

(g) the test method used or an identifying code for that test method,

(h) a description of the tissue or other material tested,

(i) any chemical residue identified which causes the stock to be categorised as chemically affected,

(j) the level of any chemical residue so identified.

(3) A report referred to in subclause (2) must:

(a) specify the name of the laboratory or other facility that carried out the testing, and

(b) contain an identifying number allocated in respect of the report by the laboratory or other facility, and

(c) be signed and dated by the analyst who has responsibility for the contents of the report, and

(d) be furnished in person (including by courier), or by facsimile or other electronic means, and

(e) be furnished as soon as possible on the day that the test results indicating that stock are chemically affected become available (or such later time as the office holder to whom the report is to be furnished may agree to in writing, but not being later than 24 hours after the test results become available).

(4) For the purposes of section 12C (a) of the Act, the following office holders are prescribed in relation to the furnishing of particulars as contained in a report referred to in subclause (2):

(a) Manager, Animal Residue Programs, National Residue Survey, Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry--in relation to a report of a kind notified by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture to the owner of the laboratory or other facility concerned,

(b) State Residue Coordinator, Department of Agriculture--in all other cases.