Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69EA

Records relating to compliance with sections   69B and 69C

  (1)   A person who imports into, manufactures in, or exports from, Australia an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or a chemical product, must:

  (a)   keep any records relating to the importation, manufacture or exportation that are reasonably necessary to enable the APVMA to find out whether sections   69B and 69C have been complied with; and

  (b)   retain those records for 6 years.

  (1AA)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (1AB)   Subsection   (1) is a civil penalty provision.

Note:   Part   7AB provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.

Records relating to import etc. of chemical products prescribed under section   69CA, 69CB or 69C

  (1A)   A person who imports into Australia, manufactures, uses or deals with in Australia, or exports from Australia, an active constituent or chemical product prescribed in regulations made under section   69CA, 69CB or 69C must:

  (a)   keep any records relating to the import, manufacture, use, dealing or export that are reasonably necessary to enable the Department to find out whether those sections have been complied with; and

  (b)   retain those records for 6 years.

  (2)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   (1A).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Subsection   (1A) is a civil penalty provision.

Note:   Part   7AB provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.