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(iv) [Repealed]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Section 6(3)(iv): repealed, on 18 October 2007, by section 8(3) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).