South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS ACT 1955 - SECT 9

9—Substance not complying with particulars

        (1)         A person shall not sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or have in his possession for the purpose of sale any substance in a package having affixed thereto a copy of a registered label if in any respect the substance does not comply with the particulars stated in such copy or the registered additional particulars.

Penalty:

if the offender is a body corporate—$40 000; or

if the offender is a natural person—$20 000.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1) of this section, it shall be a defence that—

            (a)         the substance was contained in the package and the copy of the registered label was affixed thereto at the time the defendant acquired the substance; and

            (b)         the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the substance complied in every respect with the particulars.