Victorian Current Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE) ACT 1992 - SECT 54AB

    (1)     An authorised officer may at any reasonable time stop any vehicle, vessel or aircraft the authorised officer reasonably believes or suspects is, has been or may be—

        (a)     used to transport, keep or store any—

              (i)     chemical product, fertiliser or stock food; or

              (ii)     contaminated stock or agricultural produce; or

              (iii)     stock or plants from which contaminated agricultural produce is likely to be derived; or

        (b)     used for agricultural spraying.

    (2)     An authorised officer may at any reasonable time enter and inspect—

        (a)     a vehicle, vessel or aircraft stopped under subsection (1); or

        (b)     any other vehicle, vessel or aircraft the authorised officer reasonably believes or suspects is, has been or may be used for a purpose described in subsection (1)(a) or (b).

    (3)     If an authorised officer stops a vehicle, vessel or aircraft under subsection (1) but considers that it is not safe or practical to enter or inspect it, the authorised officer may require the driver or person in charge of the vehicle, vessel or aircraft to present it at some other reasonable time and place for inspection by an authorised officer.

S. 54AC inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 10.