- (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:
Commonwealth Consolidated Acts