Bill
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2021-12-07. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-09-18
- second reading — 2019-09-18
- second reading — 2019-11-28
- second reading — 2019-12-02
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- third reading — 2019-12-03
- introduced — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2021-11-30
- second reading — 2021-12-01
- second reading — 2021-12-01
- committee — 2021-12-01
- third reading — 2021-12-01
- other — 2021-12-01
- passed — 2021-12-01
- royal assent — 2021-12-07
Divisions
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop Joyce MP from speaking — 2019-11-28, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 58, noes 77
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-12-01.23.18) to agree with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means they can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### What does this bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd063), the bill was introduced to: * *to amend various statutes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the national system for regulating agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical products and* * *to establish a governance Board for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board (APVMA) and formally cease the existing APVMA Advisory Board.* — 2021-12-01, Senate: affirmative, ayes 26, noes 7
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-12-01.45.1) to pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means the bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will consider whether they agree with the Senate's amendments. If the agree, then the bill will become law. ### What does this bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd063), the bill was introduced to: * *to amend various statutes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the national system for regulating agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical products and* * *to establish a governance Board for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board (APVMA) and formally cease the existing APVMA Advisory Board.* — 2021-12-01, Senate: affirmative, ayes 27, noes 7
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-09-18.
This bill would change the national system for regulating agricultural and veterinary chemical products.
It would create a governance board for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and give the agency more flexible powers to handle applications, approvals and penalties.
The bill would also repeal the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Act 2014.
- Establish a governance board for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
- Repeal the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Act 2014.
- Provide more flexible regulatory processes for chemicals of low concern.
- Extend limitation and protection periods as an incentive for registering new uses of chemical products.
- Create civil pecuniary penalties for providing false or misleading information to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
- Harmonise obligations to inform the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority of new safety information.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, chemical companies, and industry holders and applicants.
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