Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Allowable Variation in Concentrations of Constituents in Agricultural Chemical Products) Standard 2022 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Allowable Variation in Concentrations of Constituents in Agricultural Chemical Products) Standard 2022

I, Sheila Logan, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated 9 August 2022

Sheila Logan Delegate

Part 1 Introduction

1 Preamble

Section 5AA(1) of the Code states that a registered chemical product must comply with the relevant particulars entered into the Register for the product. Section 5AA(3) further states that the concentration of the constituents of a chemical product must not differ from the concentrations entered into the Register by more than the extent prescribed by regulations in force for the purposes of section 83(1)(b) of the Code.

Regulation 41(2) of the Regulations, made for the purposes of section 83(1)(b) of the Code, states that the prescribed extent of the variation in the concentrations of constituents is the extent permitted by the standards prescribed by Regulation 42 of the Regulations.

Regulation 42(3) of the Regulations states that a standard made under section 6E(1) is prescribed for a constituent in a chemical product or for a chemical product, provided that it is not already dealt with in an order under section 7 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

This Instrument prescribes the extent to which the concentrations of constituents, including both active constituents, and non-active constituents (commonly referred to as excipients) in registered agricultural chemical products may differ from the concentrations entered into the Register when measured using a suitable validated analytical method. It is made under section 6E of the Code following the procedures set out in regulation 8AF of the Regulations.