Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2020
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Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2020
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 23rd day of November 2020
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 section 78 of that Act.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2020.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 3 December 2020.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011 (the principal regulations).
4 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Dicofol
Michael Webster,
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 3 December 2020, amend the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011 to include dicofol as a substance prohibited from use as an agricultural compound or ingredient in any agricultural compound. The order makes this change to implement the 2020 amendments to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Date of notification in Gazette: 26 November 2020.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Versions
Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2020
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