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confidential commercial information
163 Notice to the applicant or holder of proposed disclosure of information that is claimed to be confidential commercial information
163A Legislative instruments to be disallowable
163B Certain provisions to have effect as part of this Code
164 Fees
165 Period within which APVMA is to determine applications
165A Period within which APVMA is to conclude reconsiderations under Division 4 of Part 2
166 Internal review of decisions
167 Review of decisions by Administrative Review Tribunal
168 Statement to be included in certain notices of decisions
169 Documents and samples become property of APVMA
170 Provisions relating to offences
170A Person not to use protected name or protected symbol
Part 11—Transitional provisions
171 Explanation of Part
172 Existing clearance for registration of chemical product
174 Existing registration of chemical product
176 Existing registration or approval of label
178 Provisions that apply in respect of existing registrations or approvals
181 Existing permit
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to make provision for the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, and for related matters, for the purposes of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994

  RECOGNISING:
 (a) that the protection of the health and safety of human beings, animals and the environment is essential to the well‑being of society and can be enhanced by putting in place a system to regulate agricultural chemical products and veterinary chemical products; and
 (b) that the principle of ecologically sustainable development requires a regulatory system that is designed to ensure that the use of such products at the present time will not impair the prospects of future generations; and
 (c) that the furthering of trade and commerce between Australia and places outside Australia, and the present and future economic viability and competitiveness of primary industry and of a domestic industry for manufacturing and formulating such products, are essential for the well being of the economy and require a system for regulating such products that is cost effective, efficient, predictable, adaptive and responsive; and
 (d) that it is desirable to establish a regulatory system that is open and accountable and gives opportunity for public input with respect to the regulation of such products; and
 (e) that the system should, so far as practicable, be uniform throughout Australia; and
 (f) that uniformity could best be achieved by the enactment of legislation by the Parliament of the Commonwealth as a law for the government of the Australian Capital Territory and the adoption of that legislation by the Parliaments and legislatures of the States and the Northern Territory:
  The Parliament of Australia enacts: