Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 180

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.

Dated 2 August 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995

  Schedule 1 amends the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subregulation 1.3 (1), definition of Rotterdam Convention

substitute

Rotterdam Convention means the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

Note   In 2012, the text of the Convention was available at www.pic.int.

[2] Subregulation 1.3 (1), definition of Stockholm Convention

substitute

Stockholm Convention means the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

Note   In 2012, the text of the Convention was available at www.pops.int.

[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, after item 2

insert

2A Alachlor

2AA Aldicarb

[4] Schedule 1, Part 2, after item 11

insert

11A Endosulfan

Note

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