Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995

A person may apply to the APVMA for the making of an interchangeable constituent determination in relation to a chemical product or a class of chemical products.

The application must specify the following for each constituent covered by the application:

the identity of the constituent, including:

the common name of the constituent; and

if a name is given to the constituent by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry—that name; and

the chemical abstract service number for the constituent;

the purpose of the constituent in the chemical product;

any requirements (including, for example, minimum purity or other quality specifications) for the constituent.

The APVMA must make an interchangeable constituent determination if the APVMA is satisfied:

that the application meets the application requirements; and

of the matters mentioned in subregulation 19AEA(5).

The APVMA must, within 14 days of making an interchangeable constituent determination:

inform the applicant, in writing, of that fact; and

provide the applicant with a copy of the determination.

For notification requirements if the APVMA refuses an application, see section 8G of the Code.

The following provisions of the Code apply in relation to an application under subregulation (1) as if the application were an application made under the Code in relation to an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product:

section 157 (samples to be given for analysis);

section 159 (requiring information to determine an application).

A number of provisions in the Code apply automatically in relation to applications made under it (including applications made under these Regulations). See, for example, sections 8B to 8D, and sections 8G, 8S, 156A, 164 and 165, of the Code.

Regulation 19AEC applies certain other provisions in relation to applications made under this regulation.