Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 No 87 (as at 18 October 2007), Public Act

6 Agricultural compound clearance
  • (1) In this section and sections 7 and 7A, goods means any of the following that is capable of being used as an agricultural compound:

    • (a) an agricultural compound:

    • (b) a substance:

    • (c) a mixture of substances:

    • (d) a biological compound.

    (2) An ACVM officer may give a clearance for entry into New Zealand for any goods if the circumstances described in subsection (3) exist.

    (3) The circumstances are—

    • (a) that—

      • (i) the goods are goods that the importer has declared, under section 7, that the importer will not sell or use as an agricultural compound; or

      • (ii) the goods are a registered trade name product, and the product complies with the conditions imposed on its registration under section 23 or its provisional registration under section 27; or

      • (iii) the goods are an agricultural compound and are exempt from registration as a trade name product under section 8A; and

      • (iv) [Repealed]

    • (b) that there are no discrepancies that suggest that it may be unwise to rely on the documentation accompanying the goods, either—

      • (i) in the documentation itself; or

      • (ii) between the documentation and the goods.

    (4) A clearance for entry into New Zealand given under this section does not affect the provisions of any other Act.

    Sections 6 and 7 were substituted, as from 15 November 2000, by section 3 Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 50).

    Section 6(1): amended, on 18 October 2007, by section 8(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).

    Section 6(2): amended, on 18 October 2007, by section 8(2) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).

    Section 6(3)(iii): substituted, on 18 October 2007, by section 8(3) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).

    Section 6(3)(iv): repealed, on 18 October 2007, by section 8(3) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).