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AGRICULTURAL ANSD VETERINARY CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE) AMENDMENT (BAN 1080) BILL 20 OF 2010

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    AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY
CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE) AMENDMENT
          (BAN 1080) BILL 2010


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                               CONTENTS
    1. Short Title


    2. Commencement


    3. Principal Act


    4. Section 18 amended (Offences involving use, &c., of chemical
       products)

 


 

This page is part of the document and is required for numbering purposes. 2

 


 

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (CONTROL OF USE) AMENDMENT (BAN 1080) BILL 2010 (Brought in by Kim Dion Booth) A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 by making it unlawful to poison or attempt to poison any native fauna using sodium fluoroacetate, also known as compound 1080. Be it enacted by his Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows: Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Amendment (Ban 1080) Act 2010. Commencement 2. This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. Principal Act 3. In this Act, the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 is referred to as the Principal Act. No. 106 of 1995 3

 


 

Section 18 amended (Offences involving use, &c., of chemical products) 4. Section 18 of the Principle Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection: (4A) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, a person, including an employee of the federal, state or municipal government, must not use, deal with, or have in a person's possession or custody a chemical product from the monofluoroacetate group. (4B) Subsection (4A) excludes persons directly employed with the Fox Task Force, up until the period ending 1 October 2012. Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units. 4

 


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