Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who imports into, manufactures in, or exports from, Australia:
(a) active constituents for proposed or existing chemical products; or
(b) chemical products;
during the year ending on 30 June 1995 or a later year must give to the APVMA, not later than 3 months after the end of the year concerned, a return setting out the respective quantities of those active constituents, or of the active constituents contained in those products, as the case may be, that were so imported, manufactured or exported during that year.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person in respect of a particular year ending on 30 June if the total quantity of the active constituents that were, or were included in chemical products that were, imported, manufactured or exported by the person during that year was not greater than a quantity prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(2A) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) From the returns given to the APVMA in relation to a year ending on 30 June, the APVMA must prepare a statement or statements setting out the total quantities of each active constituent that were imported into, manufactured in, or exported from, Australia by all persons during the year and give the statement or statements to the Department.