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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Amendment Act 1992

No. 263 of 1992

An Act to amend the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1988, and for related purposes

[Assented to 24 December 1992]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Amendment Act 1992.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 19881.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the same day as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.

Interpretation

3.(1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "Chemicals Co-ordinator" and "Council".

(2) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "committee" and "member" and substituting the following definitions:

" 'committee' means a committee of the NRA;

'member' means a person who was a member of the former Council

and includes a person who was the Chairperson of the former Council;".

(3) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

" 'Chairperson' means Chairperson of the NRA;

'member of the staff', in relation to the NRA, has the same meaning as in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992;

'NRA' means the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals established by section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992;".

Heading

4. The heading to Part II is repealed and the following heading is substituted:

"PART II—FUNCTIONS OF NRA".

Establishment

  5. Section 8 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Functions

  6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a)     by omitting "functions of the Council are" and substituting "functions of the NRA include the following";

    (b)    by omitting from paragraph (h) "Council's" and substituting "NRA's";

    (c)     by omitting paragraph (j) and substituting the following paragraph:

         "(j) when requested by the Minister, or on its own initiative, to report to or advise the Minister on any matter or issue relating to agricultural and veterinary chemicals or arising in the course of the performance of its functions;";

  (d) by adding at the end the following paragraphs:

         "(l) to encourage and facilitate the introduction of uniform national procedures for the control of the use of agricultural and veterinary chemical products;

         (m) to co-ordinate a program funded by the NRA that is designed to ensure compliance with the laws of the States and the Northern Territory relating to the formulation and labelling of agricultural and veterinary chemical products.".

Powers

  7. Section 10 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Minister may give directions

  8. Section 11 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Disclosure of confidential commercial information

  9.