Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2004

Type: Government
Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 40
Summary: Introduced with the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Rotterdam Convention) Bill 2004, the bill amends the
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992
in relation to: the management of pesticides under consideration by the international community because of particular human health or environmental concerns; regulation-making powers including to enable the collection of prescribed information about prescribed chemicals; and offence and penalty provisions for failure to comply with national control mechanisms.

Progress

House of Representatives
11 Feb 2004	Introduced and read a first time
11 Feb 2004	Second reading moved
18 Feb 2004	Second reading agreed to
18 Feb 2004	Third reading agreed to

Senate
01 Mar 2004	Introduced and read a first time
01 Mar 2004	Second reading moved
04 Mar 2004	Second reading agreed to
04 Mar 2004	Third reading agreed to

11 Mar 2004

Assent

Act no.: 12

Year: 2004

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Text of bill

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Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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