Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS ACT 1988 No. 91 of 1988 - SECT 9

9. The functions of the Council are:

   (a)  to grant or withdraw clearances for the registration of chemical
        products for use in States and Territories for specified purposes
        under specified conditions;

   (b)  to determine the conditions to which such clearances are subject or to
        vary such conditions;

   (c)  to obtain advice from other bodies concerning the granting or
        withdrawing of such clearances or the determination or variation of
        such conditions;

   (d)  to evaluate the effects of the use of chemical products in States and
        Territories;

   (e)  to develop, in consultation with the National Health and Medical
        Research Council and the National Occupational Health and Safety
        Commission, codes of practice, standards and guidelines for, and to
        recommend precautions to be taken in, the use of chemical products in
        States and Territories;

   (f)  to collect, interpret, disseminate and publish information relating to
        chemical products and their use;

   (g)  to encourage and facilitate the application and use of results of
        evaluation and testing of chemical products;

   (h)  to exchange information relating to chemical products and their use
        with overseas bodies having functions similar to the Council's
        functions;

   (j)  when requested by the Minister, or on its own motion, to report to or
        advise the Minister on any matter relating to chemical products or
        arising in the course of the performance of its functions; and

   (k)  in connection with the performance of its functions under paragraphs
        (a) to (j) (inclusive), to consult with persons and organisations
        concerned with chemical products and their use.