Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations 2025
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Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations 2025
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 10th day of March 2025
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 75 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister for Food Safety made in accordance with that section and section 78 of that Act.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations 2025.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 14 March 2025.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011.
4 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Methoxychlor, including any isomer of dimethoxydiphenyltrichloroethane or combination of isomers
Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 14 March 2025, amend the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011. The regulations add methoxychlor to the list of substances prohibited from use as agricultural compounds or as ingredients in agricultural compounds. This change is to implement the 2023 amendments to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Date of notification in Gazette: 13 March 2025.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations 2025
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