AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69CA Providing information about certain chemical products etc. to comply with international agreements

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69CA

Regulations may prescribe international agreements

  (1)   The regulations may prescribe an international agreement or arrangement for the purposes of this section.

Regulations may prescribe information about import etc. of certain chemicals

  (2)   For the purposes of complying with a prescribed agreement or arrangement, the regulations may prescribe the following information in respect of a prescribed active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or a prescribed chemical product:

  (a)   information about the import of the constituent or product into Australia;

  (b)   information about the manufacture or use of the constituent or product in Australia;

  (c)   information about other dealings with the constituent or product in Australia;

  (d)   information about the export of the constituent or product from Australia.

  (3)   For each constituent or product, the regulations must identify the relevant international agreement or arrangement.

A person must provide prescribed information about prescribed constituents or products

  (4)   A person must provide any relevant prescribed information in respect of a prescribed constituent or product if the person imports, manufactures, uses, deals with or exports the constituent or product.

Note 1:   A person who fails to provide the information or who provides false or misleading information may commit an offence against section   69CD.

Note 2:   Section   69C might prohibit or restrict the import, manufacture, use, dealing or export of a prescribed constituent or product.

  (5)   The information must be provided to the relevant agency in an approved form within the period prescribed for the constituent or product in the regulations.

Commencement of regulations

  (6)   A regulation made for the purposes of this section in respect of a constituent or product may be expressed to come into force when the relevant international agreement or arrangement enters into force for Australia, but must not be expressed to come into force before that time.