1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

4 Purpose of Act

4A Scheme of Act

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

6 Agricultural compound clearance

7 Declaration

7A Uncleared or unauthorised goods

8 Prohibition on sale, use, manufacture, or import of agricultural compound

8A Exemptions from requirement to register

8B Director-General may list as exempt substances generally recognised as safe

8C Director-General may approve agricultural compound as exempt in special circumstances

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 Director-General may approve operating plans

29 Reassessment of trade name products

30 Reassessment of provisional registration

30A Suspension of registration

31 Director-General may prohibit or restrict product

32 Meaning of new information

33 No compensation or damages following reassessment of trade name product or revocation or amendment of approval

34 Transfer and surrender of registration

35 Rights of registrant

35A Director-General may issue certificates of compliance

35B Form and content of certificate of compliance

35C Obtaining of certificate of compliance

35D Certificate of compliance may be withdrawn, and reissued

35E Persons authorised to issue certificates of compliance

35F No Crown liability

35G Recall of agricultural compound

36 Powers and functions of Director-General

37 Delegation by Director-General [Repealed]

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

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

55 Offences

56 Penalties

57 Revocation of registration or approval

57A Power to prohibit person from importing, manufacturing, selling, or using trade name product or agricultural compound

58 Liability of employers and principals

59 Liability of directors and officers of bodies corporate

60 Appointment of ACVM officers

61 Appointment of authorised persons [Repealed]

62 Appointment of recognised persons

63 Protection of ACVM officers and recognised persons

64 Powers of entry for inspection

65 ACVM officers may issue prohibition notices

66 Compliance with prohibition notices

67 Matters may be completed by different ACVM officers

68 Appeals against prohibition notices

69 Issue of search warrants

70 Powers of entry with warrant

71 Disposal of property seized

72 Interpretation

73 Protection of confidential supporting information about innovative agricultural compounds

74 Circumstances where protection under section 73 does not apply

75 Regulations

76A Director-General may set specifications and other detailed requirements

76 Recommendation of Order in Council

77 Warranties

77A Right of review of registration decisions made under delegated authority

78 Consultation before making of Orders in Council

79 Relationship to other Acts

80 Correction of errors

81 Principles of cost recovery

81A Methods of cost recovery

81B Cost recovery to relate generally to financial year

81C Three-yearly review of cost recovery

81D Fees and charges to be prescribed by regulations

81E Regulations may impose levies

81F Trust accounts required to be kept by persons collecting levies

81G Other charges not requiring to be prescribed

81H Exemptions, waivers, and refunds

81I Fees, levies, and charges to constitute debt due to Director-General

81J Penalties for failure to pay fee, levy, or charge

81K Obligation to pay fee, levy, or charge not suspended by dispute

81L Levy regulations to be confirmed

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

83 Debt due to the Crown [Repealed]

84 Amendment of Schedule 1

85 Amendments to other Acts

86 Repeals and revocations

87 Interpretation [Repealed]

88 Regulations relating to transitional provisions [Repealed]

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

90 Transitional provisions for inspectors [Repealed]

91 Application for registration made before commencement of Act [Repealed]

92 Continuation of registration [Repealed]

93 Applications for licences made before commencement of Act [Repealed]

94 Continuation of licences [Repealed]

95 Exemption from Act [Repealed]

96 Continuation of Animal Remedies Board [Repealed]

97 Registrar of Animal Remedies [Repealed]

98 Prescription animal remedies [Repealed]

99 Labelling [Repealed]

100 Containers for animal remedies [Repealed]

101 Warranties [Repealed]

102 Advertisements [Repealed]

103 Register of licences [Repealed]

104 Correction of errors [Repealed]

105 Loss or destruction of licence [Repealed]

106 Reissue of licence [Repealed]

107 Revocation or suspension of licences [Repealed]

108 Variation of particulars [Repealed]

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

110 Regulations to continue to apply [Repealed]

111 Transfer of assets of Animal Remedies Board [Repealed]

112 Application of sections 113 to 122 [Repealed]

113 Continuation of sale and use of pesticide [Repealed]

114 Registration subject to restricted use [Repealed]

115 Experimental use permits [Repealed]

116 Labelling [Repealed]

117 Advertisements [Repealed]

118 Review of registration [Repealed]

119 Warranties [Repealed]

120 Pesticides register [Repealed]

121 Information protected under Part 2A of Pesticides Act 1979 [Repealed]

122 Regulations to continue to apply [Repealed]