Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS ACT 1988 No. 91 of 1988 - SECT 19

19. (1) For the purposes of:

   (a)  determining whether to grant a clearance of a chemical product or to
        make the clearance of a chemical product subject to particular
        conditions; or

   (b)  reconsidering the clearance of a chemical product; the Council:

   (c)  may seek the advice of any Department of the Australian Public Service
        or of another Commonwealth authority on matters relevant to the use of
        the chemical product generally;

   (d)  shall seek the advice of the registering authority of each State or
        Territory that is a scheme participant and to which the clearance of
        the chemical product relates on matters relevant to the use of the
        chemical product in that State or Territory; and

   (e)  may seek the advice of the registering authority of any other State or
        Territory that is a scheme participant on matters relevant to the use
        of the chemical product in that other State or Territory.

(2) For the purpose of seeking the advice of a Department of the Australian
Public Service, of another Commonwealth authority or of the registering
authority of a State or Territory that is a scheme participant, the Council
may make information obtained by it concerning the chemical product, and
samples of the chemical product, available to officers or employees of the
Australian Public Service performing duty in that Department, or to members or
members of the staff, of that authority.