Prohibited Uses of Agricultural Chemical Products

Under Victorian legislation, some chemicals must only be used for specific purposes, and other chemicals must not be used for specific purposes, as detailed below:

A person must only use agricultural chemical products that contain the following chemicals for the purpose specified opposite the name of that chemical.

Chemical	Permitted purpose
Chlorfluazuron	Any purpose stated on the label that is approved by the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals.
Sodium Fluorocatate (1080)	As a vermin destroyer for the control of foxes, rabbits, wild dogs, feral pigs.
Tributyl tin, Tributyl tin naphthenate, Tributyl tin oxide, Tributyl tin copolymer resin	As an industrial timber treatment. In antifouling marine paint for vessels greater than 25 metres in length.

A person must not use agricultural chemical products that contain the following chemicals for the purpose specified opposite the name of that chemical.

Chemical	Prohibited purpose
Antibiotics, peroxide and perborate	As a dairy cleanser.
Metham Sodium	For use in trickle irrigation systems except for trickle irrigation systems designed to apply agricultural chemicals and under plastic sheeting. For use in fixed, portable or solid set irrigation systems. For use in travelling gun, boom or side roll irrigation systems. For use in flood irrigation. For use in any other irrigation system using impact sprinklers. For use in any irrigation system operating at high pressure. For use in irrigation systems causing spray drift.
Methiocarb	For use on grapes. For home gardens use as a wettable powder in packs greater than 15 grams.
Mevinphos, parathion, parathion methyl, Paraquat, methamidophos and chlorthiophos	For any use if it is to be applied by means of back-mounted spraying equipment.
Mevinphos	For use as a vermin destroyer for the control of rabbits, foxes and birds and any other vertebrae animals.