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AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS CODE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 54

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 54

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Agricultural And Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations (Amendment)

Section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purpose of the Act.

The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Bill was passed in March 1994 as part of the package of legislation to implement the National Registration Scheme for agricultural and veterinary chemicals.

The purpose of the amendment to the regulations is to allow pesticide active constituents, which were approved under the regulatory arrangements in force prior to the commencement of the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA), to be adopted as approved by the NRA for a 12 month period. (During this 12 month period, the NRA will be re-examining all applications for the use of active constituents received prior to the commencement of the NRA.)

The amendment further provides that no application fee is payable in respect of such of these applications for active constituents which are received in the first six months of the operation of the NRA.