Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, in trade or commerce, make a false or misleading representation, whether by the marking or non-marking of stock or otherwise, about the use or non-use of a hormonal growth promotant that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) that the person did not know the stock had been treated with a hormonal growth promotant if the person did not make reasonable inquiries.