Victorian Current Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE) ACT 1992 - SECT 41

    (1)     A person must not carry out agricultural spraying—

        (a)     which contaminates any stock outside the target area; or

        (b)     which is likely to contaminate any agricultural produce derived from plants or stock outside the target area.

Penalty:         In the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units.

In any other case, 100 penalty units.

Note to s. 41(1) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 5(1).

Note

Section 72B applies to an offence against this subsection.

    (2)     It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1)(b) if the agricultural produce is not to be used as stock food or sold as, or manufactured into, food or stock food.