

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
A Bill for an Act to amend laws relating to agricultural and veterinary chemicals, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
4............ Review of operation of amendments................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Approvals, registrations, permits and licences 3
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 3
Schedule 2—Re-approvals and re-registrations 85
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 85
Schedule 3—Enforcement 100
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 100
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 103
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 158
Schedule 4—Data protection 260
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 260
Schedule 5—Arrangements for collecting levy 276
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 276
Schedule 6—Miscellaneous 283
Part 1—Miscellaneous amendments 283
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 283
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 284
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 285
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 287
Part 2—Transitional, application and savings provisions 290
A Bill for an Act to amend laws relating to agricultural and veterinary chemicals, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2012 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedules 1 to 6 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Review of operation of amendments
(1) The Minister must cause a review to be conducted of:
(a) the operation of the amendments made by this Act; and
(b) any other related matter that the Minister specifies.
(2) At least one of the persons conducting the review must be a person who is not otherwise appointed, employed or engaged by the Commonwealth.
(3) The review must include a request for, and consideration of, submissions from members of the public.
(4) The Minister must cause a written report of the review to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after 1 July 2018.