Accreditation of production areas
15 Accreditation of production areas
If the Minister is satisfied that, through the exercise of good management by the producers and processors of plants or plant related products in a specified area, the area is free of a specified pest or specified pests, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that area to be free of the pest or pests specified in the notice and authorise the use of specified statements in respect of plants or plant related products produced or processed in that area when advertising, packaging or selling those plants or plant related products.
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under this section.
A person must only use a statement specified in a notice under this section in respect of plants or plant related products produced or processed in the area specified in the notice. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $20 000. Expiation fee: $500.
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