Stock Medicines Act 1989 (NSW)

Stock Medicines Act 1989 No 182

An Act relating to medicines for stock and other animals for the purposes of enhancing the quality of agricultural production, protecting the environment and safeguarding the health of stock and other animals; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Stock Medicines Act 1989.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

2A Primary objects of Act The primary objects of this Act are as follows— (a) to protect human health by intervening early in the agricultural production process, in particular, to ensure that illegal or unsafe levels of chemical residues do not transfer to the human food chain by their excessive presence in food producing animals, (b) to facilitate international trade by supporting initiatives to ensure that livestock and meat products destined for export markets comply with the chemical residue requirements of international trading partners, (c) to protect the welfare of animals treated with stock medicines.

2B Relationship with Biosecurity Act 2015 This Act is to be read in conjunction with the Biosecurity Act 2015, which provides for the powers of authorised officers in connection with this Act and for other administrative matters in connection with this Act.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— Agvet Code means the provisions applying because of section 5 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994. analyst means an authorised analyst under the Biosecurity Act 2015. food producing species means stock that produces food for human consumption or is used as food for human beings, and includes— (a) any buffalo, cattle, deer, fish (other than ornamental fish), goat, kangaroo, pig, poultry, rabbit, sheep, bee, crustacean or mollusc, or (b) any other type or species of stock prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.