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AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS CODE REGULATIONS 1995 NO. 59

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 59

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

Veterinary Chemical Products (Excluded Stockfood Non-Active Constituents) Order

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 on 21 February 1995, the Governor-General made the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations.

Paragraph 8(1)(d) of those Regulations provides that substances intended for use in stockfood as non-active constituents and which are specified in an order need not be approved by the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA).

The Veterinary Chemical Products (Excluded Stockfood Non-Active Constituents) Order specifies those substances. Substances appearing on the list are regarded by relevant experts as posing no danger to animals, humans, non-target animals or the environment.

Stockfood non-active constituents which do not appear in the Order must be evaluated by the NRA.