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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Operational Efficiency) Bill 2017

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Agriculture and Water Resources

Summary

Amends the: Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 and Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 to simplify reporting requirements for annual returns; Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 to: enable the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to manage errors in an application at the preliminary assessment stage, grant part of a variation application, and vary a label approval where that approval is suspended; enable the APVMA and Food Standards Australia New Zealand to agree on appropriate timeframes for notifications about variations to the Maximum Residue Limits Standard; and clarify that the ‘expiry date’ is the date after which a chemical product must not be used; and Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 and Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 to: establish civil pecuniary penalties for providing false or misleading information; and make minor and technical amendments, including the removal of redundant provisions.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	25/10/17
Second reading moved	25/10/17
Second reading debate	12/02/18
Second reading agreed to	12/02/18
Third reading agreed to	12/02/18

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	13/02/18
Second reading moved	13/02/18
Second reading debate	13/02/19
Lapsed at end of Parliament	01/07/19