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Advisory Report on the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

27 February 2013

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Preliminary pages	(PDF 114KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 74KB)
Referral and Committee Membership The Committees’ inquiry Call for submissions and public hearing

Chapter 2 Background	(PDF 163KB)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 The current National Registration Scheme Reform context and development of the Bill Australian National Audit Office report Productivity Commission Research Report National Framework for Chemical and Plastics Regulatory Reform Better Regulation of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals policy discussion paper Key Bill provisions

Chapter 3 Issues and Analysis	(PDF 151KB)
Summary of key issues New initial assessment and registration processes Risk compendium Preliminary assessment process Committee comment Mandatory re-registration and re-approval process Practical impacts of mandatory re-registration and re-approval Committee comment International trade issues Committee comment Consultation, impact analysis, transition and evaluation Impact analysis Transitional arrangements Evaluations Committee comment

Chapter 4 Conclusion	(PDF 75KB)

Chapter 5 Dissenting Report	(PDF 139KB)
Advisory Report on the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 Key issues Improvement in efficiency needed The Bill fails to prove improvements in efficiency The case for mandatory re-registration Conclusion

Appendix A - Submissions	(PDF 33KB)

Appendix B - Exhibits	(PDF 58KB)

Appendix C – Public Hearing	(PDF 54KB)