New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The Director-General may approve the importation, manufacture, sale, or use of an agricultural compound without registration if the Director-General considers that special circumstances make it appropriate to grant the approval.
(2) Sections 9 to 12, with any necessary or appropriate modifications, apply to applications for approval under this section.
(3) Sections 19 to 23 and section 25, with any necessary or appropriate modifications, apply to the Director-General's consideration of an application for approval under this section, and the terms and conditions of any approval.
(4) In addition,—
(a) in considering an application for approval, the Director-General must have regard to whether the agricultural compound concerned fulfils a need that cannot be met by any compound currently available in New Zealand:
(b) in granting an approval, the Director-General may impose—
(i) a condition that the agricultural compound must not be used on or in products intended for human consumption, or in circumstances that may result in the compound being consumed directly or indirectly by humans:
(ii) a condition that the product cannot be imported, manufactured, sold, or used in circumstances other than those specified at the time of the approval.
(5) The Director-General may at any time, on giving such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances, revoke an approval given under this section, or amend the terms or conditions of an approval.
(6) A person who holds an approval may surrender the approval by notifying the Director-General in the form and manner specified by the Director-General.
(7) The provisions of this Act do not give the holder of an approval the sole right to import, manufacture, sell, or use the agricultural compound that is the subject of the approval.
(8) If a person acting under the delegated authority of the Director-General refuses to grant or revokes an approval under this section, or amends the terms or conditions of an approval, the applicant for or holder of the approval may seek a review of that refusal, revocation, or amendment under section 77A.
Section 8C: inserted, on 18 October 2007, by section 11 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).