Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00426:section:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00426
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 17575–20543

7  Functions and powers
 (1) The APVMA has any functions and powers that are conferred on it by or under this Act or the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of the participating Territories.
 (1A) The functions of the APVMA include the following:
 (a) to assess the suitability for supply in Australia of active constituents for proposed or existing chemical products, chemical products and labels for containers for chemical products;
 (b) to provide information to the Governments and authorities of the Commonwealth, the States and the participating Territories about approved active constituents for proposed or existing chemical products, registered chemical products, reserved chemical products and approved labels for containers for chemical products and to co‑operate with those Governments and authorities on matters relating to the management and control of chemical products;
 (c) to keep records and statistics of approvals and registrations granted, and permits and licences issued, by it under the Agvet Codes;
 (d) to evaluate the effects of the use of chemical products in the States and participating Territories;
 (e) to co‑operate with Governments and authorities of the Commonwealth, the States and the participating Territories for the purpose of facilitating a consistent approach to the assessment and control of chemicals;
 (f) in co‑operation with Governments and authorities of the Commonwealth, the States and the participating Territories, to develop codes of practice, standards and guidelines for, and to recommend precautions to be taken in connection with, the manufacture, export, import, sale, handling, possession, storage, disposal and use of chemical products in the States and participating Territories;
 (g) to collect, interpret, disseminate and publish information relating to chemical products and their use;
 (h) to encourage and facilitate the application and use of results of evaluation and testing of chemical products;
 (i) to exchange information relating to chemical products and their use with overseas and international bodies having functions similar to the APVMA's functions;
 (j) when requested by the Minister, or on its own initiative, to report to or advise the Minister on any matter relating to chemical products or arising in the course of the performance of its functions;
 (k) to encourage and facilitate the introduction of uniform national procedures for control of the use of chemical products;
 (l) to fund, and co‑operate in, a program designed to ensure that active constituents for proposed or existing chemical products, chemical products, and labels for containers for chemical products, comply with the Agvet Codes and the Agvet Regulations.
 (1B) Expressions used in subsection (1A) have the same meanings as in the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
 (1C) The APVMA has any functions and powers that are conferred on it by Division 2A of