Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00491:clause:1_13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00491
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 13
Character Range: 18145–19735

13  NRA to publish notice before deciding whether to register chemical product containing new active constituent

 (1) Before deciding whether to register a chemical product containing an active constituent not previously contained in a chemical product registered in this or another jurisdiction under the Agvet Code, or a corresponding previous law, of the jurisdiction concerned, the NRA must cause to be published in the Gazette, and in any other manner that it thinks appropriate, a notice:
 (a) stating that it has to decide whether to register the product and setting out the following:
 (i) the name that the applicant for registration intends to use to describe the product;
 (ii) particulars of the product and its active constituents other than confidential commercial information;
 (iii) a summary of the NRA's evaluation of the product with regard to the matters mentioned in paragraphs 14(3)(e) and (f);
 (iv) any other matters that the NRA thinks appropriate; and
 (b) inviting any person who wishes to do so to make, within a period stated in the notice that ends not earlier than 28 days after the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette, a written submission to the NRA as to whether the product should be registered and stating the grounds on which the submission is based, which must be grounds that relate to matters that the NRA is required to take into account in deciding whether to register the product.

 (2) The NRA must take into account any submissions made in accordance with an invitation contained in the notice published under subsection (1).