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AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO.172

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 172

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

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1988

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Regulations (Amendment)

Section 49 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purpose of the Act.

The Australian Agricultural Council agreed in August 1991 to the establishment of a national system for registering agricultural and veterinary chemicals by July 1992.

Since August 1991, planning has been under way to implement national registration through the introduction to Parliament of a National Registration Scheme Bill during the 1992 Autumn sittings. However, in view of Parliament's heavy legislative program for the Autumn sittings, the Government has reluctantly deferred introduction of the Bill until the 1992 Budget sittings.

Approval of the proposed Regulations will facilitate additional categories of products coming to the Commonwealth for evaluation and thereby substantially achieve the micro-economic reform of one national evaluation scheme replacing State/Territory evaluation. The actual registration of agricultural and veterinary chemicals will continue to be performed by each State/Territory, as appropriate, until proclamation of the National Registration legislation.

The Australian Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Council has agreed to the regulations being amended.

Details of the proposed Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1       provides for the proposed Regulations to commence on 1 July 1992.

Regulation 2       provides for amendment to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Regulations.

Regulation 3       omits subregulation 3(1) concerning certain substances declared not to be an agricultural chemical product.

Regulation 4       omits subregulation 4(1) concerning certain substances declared not to be a veterinary chemical product.

Regulation 5        omits Schedule 1 which lists kinds of substances that are not agricultural chemical products.

Regulation 6        omits Schedule 2 which lists kinds of substances that are not veterinary chemical products.


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