6 Packages of stock food and supplement to be labelled
(1) A person must not in the course of carrying on any business supply any of the following stock foods in a package unless the package has on it, or on a label securely and conspicuously attached to it, the particulars required by the regulations:(a) stock food for any stock (whether or not food-producing species or horses),(b) stock food supplement for any stock (whether or not food-producing species or horses).Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or, for an offence by a body corporate, 100 penalty units.
(2) (Repealed)(3) This section applies to anything supplied in the form of a block as if the block were a package.
6A Supplier of bulk stock foods to provide customer with information statement
(1) A person who in the course of carrying on any business supplies to another person any stock food in bulk must at the time of delivery provide to the person who takes delivery of the stock food a written statement about the stock food that complies with the regulations.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or, for an offence by a body corporate, 100 penalty units.
(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form of and the matters to be specified in the statement required by this section.(3) For the purposes of this section, stock food is supplied in bulk whenever it is supplied otherwise than in a package.(4) Stock food supplied in the form of a block is taken not to be a supply of stock food in bulk.(5) The written statement required by this section need not be a separate statement and can be included as part of an invoice.
7 Restrictions on foreign ingredients
(1) The regulations may prescribe the proportion or amount of any foreign ingredient that may be contained in stock food. A proportion or amount so prescribed for a foreign ingredient is the maximum allowable proportion or amount of the foreign ingredient for the purposes of this section.(2) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette set the proportion or amount of a foreign ingredient that may be contained in a stock food (whether or not a maximum allowable proportion or amount of the foreign ingredient is prescribed by the regulations).(3) A proportion or amount set by an order in force under this section applies as the maximum allowable proportion or amount of the foreign ingredient for the purposes of this section and so applies instead of any proportion or amount prescribed by the regulations (to the extent of any inconsistency between what is prescribed by the regulations and what is set by the order).(4) A person must not in the course of carrying on any business supply to another person a stock food that contains more than the maximum allowable proportion or amount of a foreign ingredient.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or, for an offence by a body corporate, 100 penalty units.
(5) A regulation or order under this section can be made so as to apply to all stock food, to a particular kind of stock food, to stock food for a particular species, or to a particular kind of stock food for a particular species.(6) An order under this section commences on the date it is published in the Gazette or on such later date as may be specified in the order for its commencement and remains in force for 60 days after it commences unless it is repealed sooner.(7) An order cannot be made under this section if it is wholly or partially to the same or substantially the same effect as a previous order under this section that commenced less than 6 months before the later order would commence.
8 Addition of veterinary chemical products to stock foods
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to regulating or prohibiting the incorporation of a veterinary chemical product in a stock food to produce a medicated stock food.(2) A person must not in the course of carrying on any business supply a medicated stock food that incorporates a veterinary chemical product in contravention of the regulations.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or, for an offence by a body corporate, 100 penalty units.
11A Withdrawal of stock food from supply
(1) The Minister, or any person authorised by the Minister either generally or specifically for the purposes of this section, may, by notice in writing served on any person, order that person to withdraw from supply any stock food which is or appears to the Minister or that authorised person, as the case may be, to be unfit for use as a stock food.(2) An order made under subsection (1) shall remain in force until:(a) where the order was made by the Minister—the Minister by instrument in writing withdraws the order, or(b) where the order was made by an authorised person—the Minister or that person by instrument in writing withdraws the order.(3) A person who has been served with an order under subsection (1) shall not, while the order is in force, supply any stock food to which the order relates.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or, for an offence by a body corporate, 100 penalty units.