Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

Public Act	1997 No 87
Date of assent	21 November 1997

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This Act is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

Part 1
Preliminary

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

4 Purpose of Act

Part 2
Importation, manufacture, and sale of agricultural compounds

Importation

5 Imported agricultural compounds to be cleared for entry into New Zealand

6 Agricultural compound clearance

7 Declaration

8 Prohibition of sale or use

Registration of agricultural compounds

9 Application for registration

10 Form of application

11 Additional information

12 Director-General to withhold information

13 Notification of application to Minister and departments

14 Notification of application

15 Waiver of notification

16 Time limits and waivers

17 Submissions on applications

18 Submissions to be forwarded to applicant

19 Relevant risks and benefits

20 Evaluation of risks and benefits

21 Decision on application

22 Term of registration

23 Conditions on trade name products

24 Register of agricultural compounds

25 Certificate of registration

26 Application for provisional registration

27 Decision on application for provisional registration

28 Codes of practice

29 Reassessment of trade name products

30 Reassessment of provisional registration

31 Director-General may prohibit or restrict product

32 Meaning of new information

33 No compensation following reassessment

34 Transfer and surrender of registration

35 Rights of registrant

Part 3
Powers of Director-General and Minister

36 Powers and functions of Director-General

37 Delegation by Director-General

38 Policy directions

39 Minister's power to call in applications with significant effects

40 Notification of Minister's direction

41 Board of inquiry

42 Investigation by Board of Inquiry

43 Board of Inquiry to report to Minister

44 Minister to decide application and notify decision

Part 4
Appeals

45 Appeals

46 Appeal on question of law

47 Notice of appeal

48 Right to appear and be heard on appeal

49 Parties to appeal

50 Orders of High Court

51 Additional appeals on points of law

52 Extension of time

53 Date of hearing

54 Appeals to Court of Appeal

Part 5
Offences

55 Offences

56 Penalties

57 Revocation of registration

58 Liability of employers and principals

59 Liability of directors and officers of bodies corporate

60 Appointment of inspectors

61 Appointment of authorised persons

62 Appointment of accredited persons

63 Protection of inspectors, authorised persons, and accredited persons

64 Powers of entry for inspection

65 Inspectors or authorised persons may issue prohibition notices

66 Compliance with prohibition notices

67 Matters may be completed by different inspectors or authorised persons

68 Appeals against prohibition notices

69 Issue of search warrants

70 Powers of entry with warrant

71 Disposal of property seized

Part 6
Protection of certain confidential information about innovative agricultural compounds

72 Interpretation

73 Protection of confidential supporting information about innovative agricultural compounds

74 Circumstances where protection under section 73 does not apply

Part 7
Miscellaneous provisions

75 Regulations

76 Recommendation of Order in Council

77 Warranties

78 Consultation before making of Orders in Council

79 Relationship to other Acts

80 Correction of errors

81 Regulations prescribing fees and charges

82 Prohibition of importation or manufacture by registrant for non-payment of fees

83 Debt due to the Crown

84 Amendment of Schedule 1

85 Amendments to other Acts

86 Repeals and revocations

Part 8
Transitional provisions

General

87 Interpretation

88 Regulations relating to transitional provisions

89 Transitional provisions for certain agricultural compounds in use at commencement of Act

90 Transitional provisions for inspectors

91 Application for registration made before commencement of Act

92 Continuation of registration

Animal remedies

93 Applications for licences made before commencement of Act

94 Continuation of licences

95 Exemption from Act

96 Continuation of Animal Remedies Board

97 Registrar of Animal Remedies

98 Prescription animal remedies

99 Labelling

100 Containers for animal remedies

101 Warranties

102 Advertisements

103 Register of licences

104 Correction of errors

105 Loss or destruction of licence

106 Reissue of licence

107 Revocation or suspension of licences

108 Variation of particulars

109 Information protected under Part 2A of Animal Remedies Act 1967

110 Regulations to continue to apply

111 Transfer of assets of Animal Remedies Board

Pesticides

112 Application of sections 113 to 122

113 Continuation of sale and use of pesticide

114 Registration subject to restricted use

115 Experimental use permits

116 Labelling

117 Advertisements

118 Review of registration

119 Warranties

120 Pesticides register

121 Information protected under Part 2A of Pesticides Act 1979

122 Regulations to continue to apply

Schedule 1

Schedule 2
Enactments amended

Schedule 3
Enactments repealed

Schedule 4
Regulations and orders revoked

Schedule 5
Regulations and orders continued in force

An Act to reform and restate the law relating to agricultural compounds, and to repeal—

(a) The Stock Foods Act 1946; and

(b) The Fertilisers Act 1960; and

(d) The Fertilisers Act 1982

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

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