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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

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C2007C00437

01 July 2007 - 14 July 2010

Table of contents

1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 Definitions
4 The Schedule
5 Citation and interpretation of Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations
6 Regulations
7 Orders
8 Compensation
9 Certain matter not to form part of this Act
Schedule—Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code
- List of terms defined by section 3 of the Schedule
- (The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code)
Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Object of Code
- 2 Relationship of Code to other laws
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Definition of agricultural chemical product
- 5 Definition of veterinary chemical product
- 6 Determinations, approvals, exemptions etc. by APVMA
- 7 Possession or custody of constituent or product
- 8 Labels attached to containers
- 8A Application of the Criminal Code
Part 2—Approvals and registration
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 9 Explanation of Part
- Division 2—Granting or refusing approvals and registrations
- Division 3—Application for variation of relevant particulars, or of conditions, of approval or registration
- Division 4—Reconsideration of approval or registration
- Division 4A—Limits on use of information
- Division 5—Suspension or cancellation of approval or registration
- Division 6—Duration and renewal of approval or registration
- Division 7—Publication of notices by APVMA
Part 2A—Listable chemical products
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 56A Explanation of Part
  - 56B Exclusion of restricted chemical products
- Division 2—Schedule of listable chemical products
  - 56C Regulations may contain schedule of listable chemical products
- Division 3—Establishing standards for listable chemical products
- Division 4—Application for registration of listable chemical products
- Division 5—Application for variation of relevant particulars, or of conditions, of listed registration
- Division 6—Reconsideration of listed registration
- Division 7—Suspension or cancellation of listed registration
- Division 8—Duration and renewal of listed registration
- Division 9—Publication of notices and certain other instruments by APVMA
Part 2B—Reserved chemical products
- 56ZU Regulations may contain schedule of reserved chemical products
Part 3—Compensation for provider of certain information in respect of continued registration of certain chemical products
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 57 Explanation of Part
- Division 2—Right to compensation
- Division 3—Mediation or arbitration as to terms of compensation
Part 4—Control of chemical products
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 72 Explanation of Part
  - 73 Part not to apply to veterinary surgeons acting under other laws
- Division 2—Control generally
- Division 3—Date-controlled chemical products
- Division 4—Restricted chemical products
Part 5—Analysis
- 96 Explanation of Part
- 97 Analysis by approved analysts
- 98 Evidence of results of analysis
- 99 Analysis of chemical products
Part 6—Recall notices
- 100 Explanation of Part
- 101 Recall of products that are not registered and do not have listed registration or whose registration or listed registration is being reconsidered
- 102 Recall of products in certain circumstances
- 103 Recall of products with labels that are not approved or are not authorised by an established standard
- 104 Notice of recall to be published
- 105 Non-compliance with recall notice
- 106 Recall under Trade Practices Act
- 107 Inconsistent requirements
Part 7—Permits
- 108 Explanation of Part
- 109 Definition of permit
- 110 How application is made
- 111 Functions of co-ordinators
- 112 APVMA may grant or refuse application
- 113 Record of Permits
- 114 Issue of permit
- 115 Duration of permit
- 116 Effect of permit
- 117 Surrender of permit
- 118 Suspension of permit
- 119 Cancellation of permit
Part 8—Manufacture of chemical products
- 120 Explanation of Part
- 120A Exclusion of certain chemical products
- 121 Offences relating to manufacture and licences
- 122 Application for licence
- 123 Issue of licence
- 124 Refusal of application
- 125 Period of licence
- 126 Conditions of licences
- 127 Suspension and cancellation of licences
- 128 Publication of list of manufacturers etc.
Part 9—Enforcement
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 129 Explanation of Part
- Division 2—Injunctions
  - 130 Injunctions
- Division 3—Powers of entry, search and seizure
- Division 4—Miscellaneous enforcement provisions
Part 10—Miscellaneous
- 153 Explanation of Part
- 154 Recognition of things done under corresponding laws
- 155 Discharge of obligations under this Code
- 156 The making of single applications or the giving of single notices under the Agvet Codes of all jurisdictions
- 157 Samples to be given for analysis
- 158 Samples, or copies, of labels to be given
- 159 APVMA or other authority may require, or require additional, information, report or sample in certain circumstances
- 160 Overseas trials or experiments
- 160A Notification of new information to APVMA in respect of pending application
- 161 Notification of new information to APVMA
- 162 Disclosure of confidential commercial information
- 163 Notice to interested person of proposed disclosure of information that is claimed to be confidential commercial information
- 164 Fees
- 165 Period within which APVMA is to determine applications
- 166 Reconsideration of decisions
- 167 Review of decisions
- 168 Statement to be included in certain notices of decisions
- 169 Documents and samples become property of APVMA
- 170 Provisions relating to offences
- 170A Person not to use protected name or protected symbol
Part 11—Transitional provisions
- 171 Explanation of Part
- 172 Existing clearance for registration of chemical product
- 173 Pending application for clearance for registration of chemical product
- 174 Existing registration of chemical product
- 175 Pending application for registration of chemical product
- 176 Existing registration or approval of label
- 177 Pending application for registration or approval of label
- 178 Provisions that apply in respect of existing registrations or approvals
- 179 Pending application for variation of conditions
- 180 Reconsideration of existing clearances for registration
- 181 Existing permit
- 182 Pending application for permit
- 183 Pending proceedings before Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- 184 Existing notices requiring further information or samples
  - Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994