Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 52

             (1)  The APVMA may, at any time, review a corporate plan, whether or not it has come into force, and consider whether a variation to the plan is necessary.

             (2)  The APVMA may, with the approval of the Minister, vary a corporate plan.

             (3)  The Minister may, at any time, request the APVMA to vary a corporate plan, whether or not it has come into force.

             (4)  If the Minister requests a variation of a corporate plan, the APVMA must, with the approval of the Minister, vary the plan accordingly.

             (5)  If a variation of a corporate plan is approved by the Minister after the plan has come into force, the plan as so varied continues in force on and after the day on which the variation is so approved.

             (6)  Despite subsection (2), the APVMA may vary a corporate plan without the approval of the Minister if the variation is of a minor nature. The variation takes effect on the day on which it is made.

             (7)  If the APVMA makes a variation of a minor nature, the APVMA must inform the Minister of the variation as soon as practicable after making it.