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

22 Term of registration
  • (1) The registration of a trade name product remains in force until—

    • (a) The registration expires in accordance with section 21(2) or section 27(3); or

    • (b) The registration is cancelled in accordance with section 27(6); or

    • (c) The trade name product is reassessed in accordance with section 29 or section 30, and declined; or

    • (d) The registration is surrendered by the registrant in accordance with section 34(1); or

    • (e) The registration is revoked in accordance with section 57.

    (2) Where registration of a trade name product has ceased in accordance with a provision listed in subsection (1), no person may—

    • (a) Import that trade name product; or

    • (b) Sell or manufacture within New Zealand or use that trade name product except in accordance with a notice under subsection (3).

    (3) Where registration of a trade name product, other than a provisional registration under section 27, has ceased in accordance with a provision in subsection (1) of this section, the Director-General—

    • (a) must remove the trade name product from the register under section 24; and

    • (b) must, by notice in the Gazette, give notice of the removal of the trade name product from the register; and

    • (c) may allow the sale and use of the trade name product (but not its manufacture) to continue for a period specified in the Gazette notice; and

    • (d) may require any person holding the trade name product—

      • (i) to surrender that product to the Director-General; or

      • (ii) to dispose of that product in the manner determined by the Director-General at the expense of the person holding the product.

    (4) Where a trade name product was registered in accordance with section 27, the trade name product must be disposed of in accordance with the conditions on the registration of the product.

    Section 22(2)(b): amended, on 18 October 2007, by section 15(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).

    Section 22(3): substituted, on 18 October 2007, by section 15(2) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 93).