Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Order (No. 2) 2001


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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Order (No. 2) 2001

I make the following order under section 20(2) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 .

16 March 2001

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Order (No. 2) 2001 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if the order were by-laws.

4.   Prohibition on handling chemical products

A person must not handle a chemical product containing a tributyltin compound by using that product for the purpose of applying it to the hull of a marine vessel less than 25 metres in length.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 March 2001

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order prohibits the application of a chemical product containing a tributyltin compound to the hull of certain marine vessels.