Bill
Agriculture and Water Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-12-01
- second reading — 2016-12-01
- second reading — 2017-02-13
- second reading — 2017-02-13
- third reading — 2017-02-13
- introduced — 2017-02-14
- second reading — 2017-02-14
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-12-01.
This bill would abolish the advisory board that provides recommendations to the chief executive of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
It removes from the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 all references to the board, including its establishment, membership and procedures.
The bill also changes a related law to limit what information the regulator must send to Food Standards Australia New Zealand when a maximum residue limit standard is altered.
- Abolishes the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Advisory Board.
- Removes obsolete definitions and provisions from the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.
- Reduces the information the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority must provide to Food Standards Australia New Zealand when changing a maximum residue limit standard.
Chemical companies that pay registration fees, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, and Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
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