Restrictions on slaughter
47 Restrictions on slaughter
(1) In this section, withholding period means the period, if any, specified by the manufacturer of a chemical for use in animals as the period during which the residue of the chemical in the animal will be, or is likely to be, above the approved standard, for a residue of that chemical, published under section 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1994 of the Commonwealth.
A person:
who has administered a chemical to an animal; or
(b) to whom a written notice under this subsection is given as a purchaser of such an animal,
shall not consign the animal for slaughter, or for sale for slaughter, before the expiration of the withholding period in respect of the chemical unless the purchaser is provided with written notice:
of the chemical administered;
(d) that the withholding period for the chemical administered has not expired; and
of the date on which the withholding period will expire.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not sell, or slaughter, for human consumption an animal that he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, contains, before slaughter, shotgun pellets, bullets or bullet fragments or which contains other material which make it unsuitable for human consumption.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
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