Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00516:section:26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00516
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 26
Character Range: 3460–5353

26  Fees (including taxes)
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to make a law for the government of certain Territories in relation to the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, and for related purposes
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 today 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:

Part 1—Preliminary