1 Name
This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 4) 2022.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 6(2), for the purposes of subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code, as scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2019
1 Schedule 1, Table 1—MRLs in food commodities
For each of the following compounds, omit the associated foods and MRLs listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed under 'substitute' (if any):
| COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Bupirimate | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| VO 0448 | Tomato | T1 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| VO 0448 | Tomato | T0.3 |
| | | |
| Cyprodinil | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| FP 0009 | Pome fruits | 0.05 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| FP 0226 | Apple | 1 |
| FP 0009 | Pome fruits {except Apple} | 0.05 |
| | | |
| Isoeugenol | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| Gr 0042 | Fish (whole commodity) | 100 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| WF 0115 | Freshwater Fish | 100 |
| WD 0120 | Diadromous Fish | 100 |
| WS 0125 | Marine Fish | 100 |
| | | |
| Prothioconazole | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| VD 0524 | Chick-pea (dry) | T0.5 |
| VD 0070 | Pulses {except Chick-pea (dry); Lupin (dry); Soya bean (dry)} | *0.02 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| VD 0070 | Pulses {except Lupin (dry); Soya bean (dry)} | *0.02 |
| | | |
| Tebuconazole | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| TN 0660 | Almonds | *0.01 |
| VA 0035 | Bulb vegetables [alliums] {except Garlic} | *0.01 |
| FC 0001 | Citrus fruits | T0.05 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| TN 0660 | Almonds | 0.05 |
| VA 2031 | Bulb onions {except garlic} | 0.07 |
| FC 0001 | Citrus fruits | 0.2 |
| FI 0332 | Custard apple | 2 |
| VC 0045 | Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.5 |
| VA 2032 | Green onions | 2 |
| SO 0305 | Olives for oil production | 2 |
| OC 0305 | Olive oil, crude | 5 |
| FI 0351 | Passion fruit | 0.5 |
| VO 0445 | Peppers, sweet [capsicum] | 0.5 |
| FI 0352 | Persimmon, American | 2 |
| TN 0675 | Pistachio nut | 0.05 |
| FB 0275 | Strawberry | 2 |
| FT 0305 | Table olives | 2 |
| VO 0448 | Tomato | 0.5 |
For each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below:
| COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Captan | | |
| FC 4029 | Tangelo, large-sized cultivars | T3 |
| Emamectin | | |
| GC 0651 | Sorghum | *0.002 |
| | | |
| Fluopyram | | |
| VA 2031 | Bulb onions | 0.07 |
| FC 0001 | Citrus fruits | 0.2 |
| VC 0045 | Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.5 |
| VA 2032 | Green onions | 2 |
| TN 0669 | Macadamia nuts | 0.2 |
| SO 0305 | Olives for oil production | 3 |
| OC 0305 | Olive oil, crude | 5 |
| VO 0445 | Peppers, sweet [capsicum] | 0.3 |
| TN 0675 | Pistachio nut | 0.2 |
| FT 0305 | Table olives | 3 |
| VO 0448 | Tomato | 0.7 |
| | | |
| Myclobutanil | | |
| FB 2005 | Cane berries | T2 |
| | | |
| Tetraniliprole | | |
| FB 2005 | Cane berries | T0.5 |
2 Schedule 1, Table 4—Animal Feed Commodities
For each of the following compounds, omit the associated animal food commodities and MRLs listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed under 'substitute' (if any):
| COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Tebuconazole | | |
| OMIT: | | |
| | Almond hulls | 10 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | | |
| | Almond hulls | 15 |
| AB 0001 | Citrus pulp, dry | 2 |
| | Tomato pomace, dry | 7 |
For the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below:
| COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Cyprodinil | | |
| AB 0226 | Apple pomace, dry | 10 |
| | | |
| Emamectin | | |
| | Sorghum forage and fodder | 0.02 |
| | | |
| Fluopyram | | |
| AB 0001 | Citrus pulp, dry | 0.2 |
| | Tomato pomace, dry | 15 |
3 Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary
Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:
| SUBSTANCE | USE |
| Calcined kaolin | For use in agricultural situations |
| Chloropicrin | As a pre-plant soil fumigant in food producing crops |
| Tricaine methanesulfonate | {T} For sedation and anaesthesia of finfish |
Omit the following substances and associated uses:
| SUBSTANCE | USE |
| Chlorpicrin | {T} As a soil fumigant prior to the cultivation of strawberry runners |