Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 13B

13B Compliance with instructions

(1) A person does not contravene an instruction by using an agricultural chemical product at a concentration less than the concentration stated, unless the instruction states the product must be used at a stated concentration or a concentration not less than the concentration stated.

(2) A person does not contravene an instruction by using an agricultural chemical product (whether or not diluted) at a rate lower than the rate stated, unless the instruction states the product must be used at a rate not lower than the rate stated.

(3) A person does not contravene an instruction by using an agricultural chemical product more than once for the same plant, with the period between a use and the next being longer than the period stated, unless the instruction states that the period must not be longer than the period stated.

(4) A person does not contravene an instruction about using an agricultural chemical product to control a pest if the person uses the product to control another pest, unless the instruction states the product must not be used to control the other pest.

(5) A person does not contravene an instruction about a method of using an agricultural chemical product if the method used by the person (the
"alternative method" ) is different from the instruction, unless the instruction states the alternative method must not be used.

(6) A person does not contravene an instruction by mixing an agricultural chemical product with another agricultural chemical product or a fertiliser or other substance, unless the instruction states the product must not be mixed with—

(a) the other agricultural chemical product or the fertiliser or other substance; or

(b) another agricultural chemical product or any fertiliser or other substance.