{"id":"nsw:act-1994-053","name":"Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994","slug":"agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"53 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105934,"registerId":"nsw-act-1994-053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\nPart 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Act","content":"#### 1 Name of Act\n\n1 Name of Act\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-053).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n2 Commencement\n\n> This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 3 Definitions\n\n3 Definitions\n\n> > (1) In this Act—\n> > \n> > Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act means the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.\n> > \n> > Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act means the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.\n> > \n> > Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act means the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.\n> > \n> > Agvet Code of New South Wales means the provisions applying because of section 5.\n> > \n> > Agvet Regulations of New South Wales means the provisions applying because of section 6.\n> > \n> > applicable provision, in relation to a jurisdiction, means a provision of—\n> > \n> > > (a) the Agvet Code of that jurisdiction, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the Agvet Regulations of that jurisdiction, or\n> > \n> > > (c) a law of the Commonwealth that applies in that jurisdiction in relation to a provision of or offence against the Agvet Code or Agvet Regulations of that jurisdiction.\n> > \n> > APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority continued in existence by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act.\n> > \n> > authority, in relation to the Commonwealth, has the meaning given in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act.\n> > \n> > Commonwealth administrative laws means—\n> > \n> > > (a) the following Acts—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) the [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, excluding Part 7,\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) (Repealed)\n> > > \n> > > > (iii) the [Freedom of Information Act 1982](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth,\n> > > \n> > > > (iv) the [Ombudsman Act 1976](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth,\n> > > \n> > > > (v) the [Privacy Act 1988](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, and\n> > \n> > > (b) the regulations in force under those Acts.\n> > \n> > Commonwealth ancillary criminal laws has the meaning given by section 8.\n> > \n> > Commonwealth Minister means “the Minister” within the meaning of the Agvet Code of the participating Territories.\n> > \n> > confer includes impose.\n> > \n> > corresponding Act means an Act of another jurisdiction that corresponds to this Act.\n> > \n> > corresponding law means—\n> > \n> > > (a) a corresponding Act, or\n> > \n> > > (b) regulations made under a corresponding Act, or\n> > \n> > > (c) the Agvet Code, Agvet Regulations, or another applicable provision, of another jurisdiction, or\n> > \n> > > (d) rules of court made under a corresponding Act.\n> > \n> > function includes a duty.\n> > \n> > instrument means any document whatever, including—\n> > \n> > > (a) an Act or an instrument made under an Act, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a law of this jurisdiction or an instrument made under such a law, or\n> > \n> > > (c) an award or other industrial determination or order, or an industrial agreement, or\n> > \n> > > (d) any other order (whether executive, judicial or otherwise), or\n> > \n> > > (e) a notice, certificate or licence, or\n> > \n> > > (f) an agreement, or\n> > \n> > > (g) an application made, information or complaint laid, affidavit sworn, or warrant issued, for any purpose, or\n> > \n> > > (h) an indictment, presentment, summons or writ, or\n> > \n> > > (i) any other pleading in, or process issued in connection with, a legal or other proceeding.\n> > \n> > jurisdiction means a State or the participating Territories.\n> > \n> > law, in relation to a participating Territory, means a law of, or in force in, that Territory.\n> > \n> > officer, in relation to the Commonwealth, has the meaning given in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act.\n> > \n> > participating Territory means—\n> > \n> > > (a) the Australian Capital Territory, or\n> > \n> > > (b) another Territory that is declared by regulations in force under section 25 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act to be a participating Territory.\n> > \n> > State includes the Northern Territory of Australia.\n> > \n> > Territory means a Territory referred to in section 122 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, other than the Northern Territory of Australia, Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n> > \n> > this jurisdiction means New South Wales.\n> \n> > (2) In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act includes a reference to—\n> > \n> > > (a) that Commonwealth Act as amended and in force for the time being, and\n> > \n> > > (b) an Act enacted in substitution for that Act.\n> \n> **s 3:** Am 2000 No 80, Sch 1.1 \\[1\\] \\[2\\]; 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[1\\]; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[1\\]; 2025 No 38, Sch 1.1\\[1\\].","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Jervis Bay Territory","content":"#### 4 Jervis Bay Territory\n\n4 Jervis Bay Territory\n\n> For the purposes of this Act, and the Agvet Code and the Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction, the Jervis Bay Territory is taken to be part of the Australian Capital Territory.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"The Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction","content":"# Part 2 The Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction\n\nPart 2 The Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Agvet Code in this jurisdiction","content":"#### 5 Application of Agvet Code in this jurisdiction\n\n5 Application of Agvet Code in this jurisdiction\n\n> The Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act as in force for the time being—\n> \n> > (a) applies as a law of New South Wales, and\n> \n> > (b) as so applying, may be cited as the Agvet Code of New South Wales.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Agvet Regulations in this jurisdiction","content":"#### 6 Application of Agvet Regulations in this jurisdiction\n\n6 Application of Agvet Regulations in this jurisdiction\n\n> The regulations in force for the time being under section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act—\n> \n> > (a) apply as regulations in force for the purposes of the Agvet Code of New South Wales, and\n> \n> > (b) as so applying, may be referred to as the Agvet Regulations of New South Wales.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation of Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction","content":"#### 7 Interpretation of Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction\n\n7 Interpretation of Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction\n\n> > (1) In the Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction—\n> > \n> > the Minister for this jurisdiction means the Minister.\n> > \n> > this jurisdiction means New South Wales.\n> \n> > (2) Subject to Part 1 of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction, the [Acts Interpretation Act 1901](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth as in force for the time being applies as a law of this jurisdiction to—\n> > \n> > > (a) the Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and\n> > \n> > > (b) any instrument made, granted or issued under that Code or those Regulations.\n> \n> > (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Commonwealth Act mentioned in that subsection applies as if—\n> > \n> > > (a) the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction were a Commonwealth Act, and\n> > \n> > > (b) the Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction or instruments mentioned in that subsection were regulations or instruments made under a Commonwealth Act.\n> \n> > (4) The [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) does not apply to—\n> > \n> > > (a) the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of New South Wales, or\n> > \n> > > (b) any instrument made, granted or issued under that Code or those Regulations.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ancillary offences (aiding, abetting, accessories, attempts, incitement or conspiracy)","content":"#### 8 Ancillary offences (aiding, abetting, accessories, attempts, incitement or conspiracy)\n\n8 Ancillary offences (aiding, abetting, accessories, attempts, incitement or conspiracy)\n\n> > (1) In this section, Commonwealth ancillary criminal laws means—\n> > \n> > > (a) section 5, 6, 7 or 7A of the [Crimes Act 1914](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, or\n> > \n> > > (b) section 86 (1) of that Act.\n> \n> > (2) The Commonwealth ancillary criminal laws apply as laws of this jurisdiction in relation to an offence against the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and so apply—\n> > \n> > > (a) as if a reference in the laws to a law of the Commonwealth were a reference to that Code or those Regulations, and\n> > \n> > > (b) to the exclusion of laws of this jurisdiction to the same or a similar effect.\n> \n> > (3) In the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, a reference to an offence against that Code or those Regulations includes a reference to a related offence against the Commonwealth ancillary criminal laws.\n> \n> **s 8:** Am 2000 No 80, Sch 1.1 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Citing the Agvet Codes, and the Agvet Regulations, of other jurisdictions","content":"# Part 3 Citing the Agvet Codes, and the Agvet Regulations, of other jurisdictions\n\nPart 3 Citing the Agvet Codes, and the Agvet Regulations, of other jurisdictions","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations of other jurisdictions","content":"#### 9 References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations of other jurisdictions\n\n9 References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations of other jurisdictions\n\n> > (1) This section has effect for the purposes of an Act, a law of this jurisdiction or an instrument made under an Act or such a law.\n> \n> > (2) If a law of a jurisdiction other than this jurisdiction provides that the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act as in force for the time being applies as a law of that jurisdiction, the Agvet Code of that jurisdiction is the Agvet Code so set out, applying as a law of that jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (3) If a law of a jurisdiction other than this jurisdiction provides that the regulations in force for the time being under section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act apply as regulations in force for the purposes of the Agvet Code of that jurisdiction, the Agvet Regulations of that jurisdiction are those regulations as so applying.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations","content":"#### 10 References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations\n\n10 References to Agvet Codes and Agvet Regulations\n\n> > (1) The object of this section is to help ensure that the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction can operate, in appropriate circumstances, as if that Code, together with the Agvet Code of each other jurisdiction, constituted a single national Agvet Code applying throughout Australia.\n> \n> > (2) Subject to this section, a reference in an instrument to the Agvet Codes, or to the Agvet Regulations, is taken, for the purposes of the laws of this jurisdiction—\n> > \n> > > (a) to be a reference to the Agvet Code, or to the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and\n> > \n> > > (b) to include a separate reference to the Agvet Code, or to the Agvet Regulations, of each other jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (3) Subsection (2) has effect except so far as the contrary intention appears in the instrument or the context of the reference otherwise requires.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Application of Agvet Codes to the Crown","content":"# Part 4 Application of Agvet Codes to the Crown\n\nPart 4 Application of Agvet Codes to the Crown","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agvet Code of this jurisdiction","content":"#### 11 Agvet Code of this jurisdiction\n\n11 Agvet Code of this jurisdiction\n\n> The Agvet Code of this jurisdiction binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction and, so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agvet Code of other jurisdictions","content":"#### 12 Agvet Code of other jurisdictions\n\n12 Agvet Code of other jurisdictions\n\n> The Agvet Code of each jurisdiction other than this jurisdiction binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crown not liable to prosecution","content":"#### 13 Crown not liable to prosecution\n\n13 Crown not liable to prosecution\n\n> Nothing in this Part, or in the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction, renders the Crown in any capacity liable to be prosecuted for an offence.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"This Part overrides the prerogative","content":"#### 14 This Part overrides the prerogative\n\n14 This Part overrides the prerogative\n\n> If, because of this Part, a provision of the law of another jurisdiction binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction, the Crown in that right is subject to that provision despite any prerogative right or privilege.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction","content":"# Part 5 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction\n\nPart 5 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction\n\n**pt 5:** Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Object","content":"#### 15 Object\n\n15 Object\n\n> The object of this Part is to help ensure that the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction and the Agvet Code of each other jurisdiction are administered on a uniform basis.\n> \n> **s 15:** Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Commonwealth administrative laws in relation to applicable provisions","content":"#### 16 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws in relation to applicable provisions\n\n16 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws in relation to applicable provisions\n\n> > (1) The Commonwealth administrative laws apply as laws of this jurisdiction to any matter arising in relation to the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction as if those provisions were laws of the Commonwealth and were not laws of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (2) The provisions of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction that require the APVMA to give brief particulars of reasons for decisions do not affect the obligations of the APVMA under the [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, Part 10, Division 3 as that division applies as a law of this jurisdiction under subsection (1) of this section.\n> \n> > (3) The provisions of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction that relate to the disclosure of confidential commercial information do not affect the operation of the [Freedom of Information Act 1982](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth as that Act applies as a law of this jurisdiction under subsection (1) of this section.\n> \n> > (4) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, a matter arising in relation to the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction—\n> > \n> > > (a) is taken to be a matter arising in relation to laws of the Commonwealth in the same way as if those provisions were laws of the Commonwealth, and\n> > \n> > > (b) is taken not to be a matter arising in relation to laws of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (5) Subsection (4) has effect for the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under section 32.\n> \n> **s 16:** Am 2000 No 80, Sch 1.1 \\[4\\]. Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\]. Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\]; 2025 No 38, Sch 1.1\\[2\\].","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers and authorities","content":"#### 17 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers and authorities\n\n17 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers and authorities\n\n> > (1) A Commonwealth administrative law applying because of section 16 that confers on a Commonwealth officer or authority a function or power also confers on the officer or authority the same function or power in relation to a matter arising in relation to an applicable provision of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (2) In performing a function or exercising a power conferred by subsection (1), the Commonwealth officer or authority must act as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in performing or exercising the same function or power under the Commonwealth administrative law.\n> \n> **s 17:** Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reference in Commonwealth administrative law to a provision of another law","content":"#### 18 Reference in Commonwealth administrative law to a provision of another law\n\n18 Reference in Commonwealth administrative law to a provision of another law\n\n> For the purposes of section 16, a reference in a Commonwealth administrative law to a provision of that or another Commonwealth administrative law is taken to be a reference to that provision as applying because of that section.\n> \n> **s 18:** Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"18A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Construction of references to Commonwealth ART Act, Part 7","content":"#### 18A Construction of references to Commonwealth ART Act, Part 7\n\n18A Construction of references to Commonwealth ART Act, Part 7\n\n> For section 16, a reference in a provision of the [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, as the provision applies as a law of this jurisdiction, to the whole or a part of that Act, Part 7 is taken to be a reference to the whole or a part of that Act, Part 7 as it has effect as a law of the Commonwealth.\n> \n> **s 18A:** Ins 2000 No 80, Sch 1.1 \\[5\\]. Subst 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[2\\]; 2025 No 38, Sch 1.1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# Part 6\n\nPart 6\n\n19, 20 (Repealed)\n\n**pt 6 (ss 19, 20):** Rep 2000 No 80, Sch 1.1 \\[6\\].","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority","content":"# Part 7 The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority\n\nPart 7 The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority\n\n**pt 7, hdg:** Am 2020 No 30, Sch 2.1.","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conferral of functions and powers on APVMA","content":"#### 21 Conferral of functions and powers on APVMA\n\n21 Conferral of functions and powers on APVMA\n\n> > (1) The APVMA has the functions and powers conferred or expressed to be conferred on it under this Act or the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (2) In addition to the powers mentioned in subsection (1), the APVMA has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance of the functions referred to in subsection (1) and, in particular may—\n> > \n> > > (a) enter into contracts, and\n> > \n> > > (b) acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property, and\n> > \n> > > (c) occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory and made available for the purposes of the APVMA, and\n> > \n> > > (d) appoint agents and attorneys, and act as agent for other persons, and\n> > \n> > > (e) do anything incidental to any of its powers.\n> \n> **s 21–24:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agreements and arrangements","content":"#### 22 Agreements and arrangements\n\n22 Agreements and arrangements\n\n> > (1) The Minister, or a person authorised in writing by the Minister, may enter into an agreement or arrangement with the Commonwealth Minister for the performance of functions or the exercise of powers by the APVMA as an agent of the State.\n> \n> > (2) The APVMA has the functions and powers mentioned in the agreement or arrangement.\n> \n> **s 21–24:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conferral of other functions and powers for purposes of law in this jurisdiction","content":"#### 23 Conferral of other functions and powers for purposes of law in this jurisdiction\n\n23 Conferral of other functions and powers for purposes of law in this jurisdiction\n\n> The APVMA has power to do acts in this jurisdiction in the performance or exercise of any function or power—\n> \n> > (a) expressed to be conferred on it by a law of a jurisdiction (other than this jurisdiction) that corresponds to this Act or the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction, or\n> \n> > (b) referred to in an agreement or arrangement made under a provision of an Act of a jurisdiction other than this jurisdiction corresponding to section 22.\n> \n> **s 21–24:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Minister may give directions in exceptional circumstances","content":"#### 24 Commonwealth Minister may give directions in exceptional circumstances\n\n24 Commonwealth Minister may give directions in exceptional circumstances\n\n> The power of the Commonwealth Minister to give directions to the APVMA under section 10 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act extends to giving directions in relation to functions and powers of the APVMA conferred under the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction, and the section applies accordingly.\n> \n> **s 21–24:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Part 8 Miscellaneous\n\nPart 8 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Orders","content":"#### 25 Orders\n\n25 Orders\n\n> Orders in force for the time being under section 7 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act have the same effect for the purposes of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction as they would have if they were provisions of the Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction.","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Manufacturing principles","content":"#### 26 Manufacturing principles\n\n26 Manufacturing principles\n\n> Subject to the Agvet Code, and the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, the manufacturing principles in force for the time being under section 23 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act also have effect for the purposes of Part 8 of that Code.","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegation","content":"#### 27 Delegation\n\n27 Delegation\n\n> The power of delegation of the Commonwealth Minister under section 71 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act extends to the powers that are expressed to be conferred on the Commonwealth Minister under this Act or the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction, and the section applies accordingly.","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conferral of powers on State officers","content":"#### 28 Conferral of powers on State officers\n\n28 Conferral of powers on State officers\n\n> > (1) If an officer of a Department, administrative unit or authority is authorised, under section 69F of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act, by the Chief Executive Officer of the APVMA to exercise the powers or perform the functions of an inspector for the purposes of a particular relevant law those powers and functions are conferred on that officer.\n> \n> > (2) Powers and functions conferred as referred to in subsection (1) are to be exercised or performed in accordance with the authorisation but are taken to have been validly exercised or performed despite any failure to comply with a condition or restriction of the authorisation.\n> \n> > (3) Words and expressions used in this section have the same meanings as they have in section 69F of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act.\n> \n> **s 28:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"28A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inspectors and analysts","content":"#### 28A Inspectors and analysts\n\n28A Inspectors and analysts\n\n> > (1) In this section—\n> > \n> > officer means—\n> > \n> > > (a) an inspector appointed under section 69F (1) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act, or\n> > \n> > > (b) an analyst approved under section 69G of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act.\n> \n> > (2) An officer has, in respect of a matter arising in relation to an applicable provision of this jurisdiction, the functions and powers conferred or expressed to be conferred on him or her under the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> **s 28A:** Ins 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"28B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Validation of actions of inspectors and analysts","content":"#### 28B Validation of actions of inspectors and analysts\n\n28B Validation of actions of inspectors and analysts\n\n> > (1) In this section—\n> > \n> > officer has the same meaning as in section 28A.\n> > \n> > relevant provision means Schedule 1 \\[3\\] of the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Amendment Act 2001](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2001-044).\n> > \n> > relevant time, in relation to a thing, means the time at which the thing was done or omitted to be done or purported to have been done or omitted to be done.\n> \n> > (2) Anything done or omitted to be done by an officer before the commencement of the relevant provision that would have been validly done or omitted had the relevant provision commenced before the relevant time has, and is taken always to have had, the same force and effect as it would have had if the relevant provision had commenced before the relevant time.\n> \n> Note.\n> \n> Part 2 of the [Co-operative Schemes (Administrative Actions) Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2001-045) applies to administrative actions taken by an officer as affected by this section.\n> \n> **s 28B:** Ins 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of fees and taxes","content":"#### 29 Application of fees and taxes\n\n29 Application of fees and taxes\n\n> All fees, taxes and other money (other than penalties and fines) that, under the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction, are authorised or directed to be payable by or imposed on any person must be paid to the Commonwealth.","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Documents or substances held by previous registering authority may be given to APVMA","content":"#### 30 Documents or substances held by previous registering authority may be given to APVMA\n\n30 Documents or substances held by previous registering authority may be given to APVMA\n\n> Despite anything in any other law of this jurisdiction, any authority of this jurisdiction that, immediately before the commencement of this section, performed functions under a provision of the law of this jurisdiction that corresponded to a provision of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction may give to the APVMA any documents or substances in its possession or custody that were received by it in the performance of those functions or otherwise relate to the performance of those functions.\n> \n> **s 30:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions from liability for damages","content":"#### 31 Exemptions from liability for damages\n\n31 Exemptions from liability for damages\n\n> > (1) No action, suit or other proceeding for damages lies against the State or a person who is or has been a co-ordinator of this jurisdiction for any loss or injury directly or indirectly suffered as a result of—\n> > \n> > > (a) the handling of an approved active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the handling of a registered chemical product, or\n> > \n> > > (c) the handling of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or of a chemical product, in respect of which a permit or exemption has been issued or given by the APVMA, or\n> > \n> > > (d) an inability to use, or to use in a particular manner, an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) because an approval, permit or exemption permitting its use, or permitting its use in that manner, has been refused by the APVMA or such an approval, permit or exemption that was previously granted by the APVMA has been suspended or cancelled, or\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) because its use, or its use in that manner, is precluded by the conditions of an approval, permit or exemption, or\n> > \n> > > (e) an inability to use, or to use in a particular manner, a chemical product—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) because a registration, permit or exemption permitting its use, or permitting its use in that manner, has been refused by the APVMA or such a registration, permit or exemption that was previously granted by the APVMA has been suspended or cancelled, or\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) because its use, or its use in that manner, is precluded by the conditions of a registration, permit or exemption, or\n> > \n> > > (f) the carrying out of a step in the manufacture of a chemical product in respect of which a licence has been issued by the APVMA, or\n> > \n> > > (g) an inability to carry out, or to carry out in a particular manner or at particular premises, a step in the manufacture of a chemical product—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) because a licence to carry out that step, or to carry out that step in that manner or at those premises, has been refused by the APVMA or such a licence that was previously granted by the APVMA has been suspended or cancelled, or\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) because the carrying out of that step, or the carrying out of that step in that manner or at those premises, is precluded by the conditions of a licence.\n> \n> > (2) If an action, suit or other proceeding is brought against a person responsible for the importation, manufacture, supply or handling of—\n> > \n> > > (a) an approved active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a registered chemical product, or\n> > \n> > > (c) an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or a chemical product, in respect of which the APVMA has issued a permit or given an exemption, or\n> > \n> > > (d) a chemical product in respect of a step in the manufacture of which the APVMA has issued a licence,\n> > \n> > in relation to any loss or injury directly or indirectly suffered because of the importation, manufacture, supply or handling of the constituent or product, it is not a defence to that action, suit or other proceeding that the APVMA had approved the constituent, registered the product, issued a permit or given an exemption in relation to the constituent or the product, or issued a licence in relation to a step in the manufacture of the product.\n> \n> > (3) Expressions used in this section have the same meanings as in the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction.\n> \n> **s 31:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.1 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"#### 32 Regulations\n\n32 Regulations\n\n> The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eligible laws","content":"#### 33 Eligible laws\n\n33 Eligible laws\n\n> The regulations may declare any law, or provision of a law, to be an eligible law for the purposes of the definition of permit in section 109 of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction.","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"33A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transitional provision—Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Amendment Act 2001","content":"#### 33A Transitional provision—Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Amendment Act 2001\n\n33A Transitional provision—[Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Amendment Act 2001](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2001-044)\n\n> > (1) In this section—\n> > \n> > substitution provision means Schedule 1 \\[2\\] of the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Amendment Act 2001](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2001-044).\n> \n> > (2) Part 5 of this Act, as substituted by the substitution provision, applies in relation to matters arising in relation to the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction, and decisions made or other things done or omitted to be done under the Commonwealth administrative laws in respect of such matters, before, on or after the commencement of the substitution provision.\n> \n> **s 33A:** Ins 2001 No 44, Sch 1 \\[4\\].","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9","sectionType":"part","heading":"Imposition of fees and taxes","content":"# Part 9 Imposition of fees and taxes\n\nPart 9 Imposition of fees and taxes","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fees (including taxes)","content":"#### 34 Fees (including taxes)\n\n34 Fees (including taxes)\n\n> This section imposes the fees (including fees that are taxes) that the Agvet Regulations of this jurisdiction prescribe.","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10","sectionType":"part","heading":"Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions","content":"# Part 10 Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions\n\nPart 10 Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions","content":"#### 35 Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions\n\n35 Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions\n\n> The Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth (the Director) may—\n> \n> > (a) institute prosecutions on indictment for indictable offences against the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and\n> \n> > (b) carry on prosecutions of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) (except prosecutions instituted by the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions of the State), whether or not instituted by the Director, and\n> \n> > (c) if the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions of the State requests the Director in writing to carry on a prosecution of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) that was instituted by the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions of the State—carry on the prosecution, and\n> \n> > (d) institute proceedings for the commitment of persons for trial in respect of indictable offences against the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and\n> \n> > (e) institute proceedings for the summary conviction of persons in respect of offences against the Agvet Code, or the Agvet Regulations, of this jurisdiction, and\n> \n> > (f) carry on proceedings of a kind referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) (whether or not instituted by the Director), and\n> \n> > (g) do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the functions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f).","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"Part 11","sectionType":"part","heading":"Relationship with other State laws","content":"# Part 11 Relationship with other State laws\n\nPart 11 Relationship with other State laws","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations relating to savings and transitional provisions","content":"#### 36 Regulations relating to savings and transitional provisions\n\n36 Regulations relating to savings and transitional provisions\n\n> > (1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act.\n> \n> > (2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to—\n> > \n> > > (a) treating the registration or approval of a chemical product or constituent of a chemical product under the Agvet Code to be registration or approval of the chemical product or constituent for the purposes of any of the provisions of the [Stock Medicines Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-182), or\n> > \n> > > (b) treating a label approved under the Agvet Code to be a label registered under or required or permitted by any of the provisions of the [Stock Medicines Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-182), or\n> > \n> > > (c) suspending the operation of provisions of the [Stock Medicines Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-182) specified in the regulations to the extent (if any) so specified.\n> \n> > (3) Any such savings or transitional provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the commencement of this section or a later date.\n> \n> > (4) To the extent to which any such savings or transitional provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as—\n> > \n> > > (a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than this State or an authority of this State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or\n> > \n> > > (b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than this State or an authority of this State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.\n> \n> > (5) In this section, chemical product, constituent and label have the same meanings as in the Agvet Code.\n> \n> **s 36:** Am 1999 No 80, Sch 3.1.","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"#### 37\n\n37 (Repealed)","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":null,"content":"# Schedule 1\n\nSchedule 1 (Repealed)\n\n**sch 1:** Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.","sortOrder":51}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"source":"grok-batch-everything"},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation's original purpose of applying the national Agvet Code as a law of New South Wales remains unchanged. Amendments since 1994 have primarily updated references to evolving Commonwealth administrative and criminal laws, inserted procedural validation clauses (e.g. ss 28A–28B) and added Part 10 on the Commonwealth DPP; they have not expanded the fundamental regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["27 defined terms in s 3 plus extensive cross-references to multiple Commonwealth Acts","Layered application provisions in Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 that treat the same Code differently depending on jurisdiction and context","Nested deeming rules (e.g. s 10, s 16(4)–(5)) and interpretive overrides (s 7(4) excluding the Interpretation Act 1987)","Multiple amending provisions and transitional sections (ss 33A, 36) that interact with repealed schedules","Detailed exceptions for Crown immunity, ancillary offences and administrative-law overrides that require cross-reading with the Agvet Code itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**This Act makes a single national system for regulating agricultural and veterinary chemicals apply as law inside New South Wales.**\n\nIt takes the Commonwealth's Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (the Agvet Code) and its regulations and adopts them as NSW law (see sections 5 and 6). This means one set of rules covers the approval, registration, manufacture, sale and use of pesticides, herbicides and veterinary medicines instead of separate state rules. The Act also applies Commonwealth administrative laws (such as freedom-of-information and privacy rules) to decisions made under the Code, sets out how the national regulator (the APVMA) operates in NSW, binds government bodies to the rules, protects the Crown from prosecution, and deals with prosecutions, fees and transitional issues.\n\nIt affects farmers, chemical manufacturers, importers, suppliers, veterinarians and anyone handling these products in NSW. The law matters because it creates a uniform national market while still allowing NSW to enforce the rules locally and clarifies how national decisions can be reviewed or challenged."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act’s scope has been changed by later amendments and substitutions recorded in the text. Notable scope changes set out in the instrument include substitution and expansion of Part 5 to apply Commonwealth administrative laws to applicable Agvet provisions in New South Wales (see section 15 and the substituted Part 5 provisions at sections 16–18A), amendments expanding APVMA’s operational powers and its role in NSW (sections 21–24 and notes of amendment), validation and transitional provisions affecting inspectors and analysts (sections 28A–28B and 33A), and various repeals of prior provisions (e.g. parts/sections repealed as noted). The Act now centrally links NSW administration of the Agvet Code to Commonwealth administrative processes, shifts fee collection to the Commonwealth (section 29), and authorises Commonwealth prosecutorial involvement (section 35), all of which reflect a different administrative scope than the original unamended text."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-references to Commonwealth statutes (Agvet Code, Agvet Regulations, Administrative Review Tribunal Act, FOI Act, Ombudsman Act, Privacy Act and Acts Interpretation Act) requiring simultaneous reading of multiple instruments (sections 3(1), 7(2), 16).","Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to State matters and the treatment of those matters as if they were Commonwealth matters, which changes legal character and remedies (section 16(1), (4)–(5)).","Delegation and conferral of powers across jurisdictions: APVMA’s powers in NSW, agreements between State and Commonwealth ministers, and delegation/ direction powers (sections 21–24, 27).","Multiple transitional, validation and amendment/ repeal provisions spread through the Act (sections 28B, 30, 33A, various repeal notes), requiring historical tracking to understand current scope.","Mix of administrative, criminal, civil‑liability and financial provisions (prosecution powers, Crown bindings and immunities, fees payable to Commonwealth) creating multi-domain effects (sections 11–14, 31, 29, 35).","Incorporation of externally-made manufacturing principles and orders into State law by reference (sections 25–26, 33), increasing the regulatory materials to be applied.","Provisions that treat offences under the Agvet Code as including ancillary Commonwealth criminal laws (section 8), requiring attention to ancillary offences and Commonwealth criminal definitions."],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does, in plain terms\n\n- Mechanically, this Act makes the Commonwealth Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (the “Agvet Code”) and the regulations made under it operate as laws in New South Wales. It treats the Agvet Code and the related Agvet Regulations as the “Agvet Code of New South Wales” and the “Agvet Regulations of New South Wales” (sections 5–6). It also treats Jervis Bay Territory as part of the Australian Capital Territory for these purposes (section 4).\n\n- The Act makes Commonwealth administrative laws (for example, the Administrative Review Tribunal Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Ombudsman Act and the Privacy Act, and their regulations) apply to matters arising under those applicable Agvet provisions in New South Wales as if those Agvet provisions were Commonwealth laws (sections 3(1), 16–18A). The stated object of that arrangement for Part 5 is to help ensure uniform administration of the Agvet Code across jurisdictions (section 15).\n\n- The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is given the functions and powers expressed under this Act and the Agvet Code as those instruments apply in New South Wales. APVMA may exercise usual organisational powers (enter contracts, hold property, appoint agents, etc.) and may act under written agreements to perform functions as an agent of the State (sections 21–23). The Commonwealth Minister can give directions to APVMA in exceptional circumstances and that power extends to APVMA functions as they apply in New South Wales (section 24).\n\n- Commonwealth officers, authorities and specified officers (inspectors and analysts authorised under the Commonwealth Administration Act provisions) have, for matters arising under the applicable Agvet provisions in NSW, the same functions and powers as they have under the Commonwealth administrative laws, and must act as nearly as practicable as they would under those Commonwealth laws (sections 16, 17, 28A). The Act validates certain past actions of inspectors and analysts (section 28B).\n\n- Fees and taxes (other than fines/penalties) that the applicable Agvet provisions authorise or impose are to be paid to the Commonwealth (section 29). Part 9 also records that the Agvet Regulations prescribe fees (section 34).\n\n- The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions may institute and conduct prosecutions and related proceedings (summary and indictable) for offences against the Agvet Code or Agvet Regulations as they apply in New South Wales (section 35).\n\n- The Crown is bound by the Agvet Code of New South Wales to the extent parliamentary power permits (section 11), but the Crown is not made liable to prosecution by anything in this Part (section 13). The Act provides a mechanism by which a provision of another jurisdiction binding the Crown in NSW takes effect despite prerogative rights (section 14).\n\n- The Act contains a variety of consequential and miscellaneous provisions: it imports orders and manufacturing principles made under relevant Commonwealth Acts (sections 25–26), extends delegation powers of the Commonwealth Minister (section 27), allows transfer of records from prior NSW registering authorities to APVMA (section 30), provides statutory exemptions from damages claims in a range of situations related to APVMA approvals and decisions (section 31), and permits the Governor to make regulations for savings and transitional matters (sections 32, 36).\n\nOfficial rationale and how that maps to trade-offs and incentives\n\n- Official purpose-claim: Part 5 expressly says its object is to help ensure the Agvet Code is administered on a uniform basis across jurisdictions (section 15).\n\n- How that is implemented: the Act accomplishes uniformity by (a) applying the Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations as laws of New South Wales (sections 5–7), (b) applying specified Commonwealth administrative laws to matters arising under those applicable provisions (section 16), and (c) giving Commonwealth bodies (APVMA, Commonwealth officers, Commonwealth DPP) powers to act in relation to those matters (sections 17, 21, 35). That shifts decision‑making and many operational actions for these regulatory functions to Commonwealth authorities acting in NSW.\n\n- Who pays / who decides (mechanics): fees and taxes prescribed under the applicable Agvet provisions are payable to the Commonwealth (section 29); APVMA makes approvals/registrations and holds operational powers under the Code (sections 21–23); Commonwealth Minister may direct APVMA in exceptional circumstances (section 24); Commonwealth DPP may prosecute offences under the Agvet Code as applied in NSW (section 35).\n\nCompliance burden, discretion and implementation risk (mechanisms, not judgements):\n\n- Compliance obligations for businesses and individuals dealing with agricultural and veterinary chemicals are governed by the Agvet Code and Agvet Regulations as applied in NSW (sections 5–6). Those obligations will be administered using Commonwealth administrative procedures where section 16 applies (section 16(1), (4)). This produces cross-references to Commonwealth Acts for interpretation and review (sections 7, 16–18A).\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion is concentrated in APVMA (powers to make decisions, to license, to enter arrangements, to appoint agents; section 21 and 22). The Commonwealth Minister retains a reserve power to direct APVMA in exceptional circumstances (section 24). Delegation arrangements extend to Commonwealth ministerial delegation powers (section 27).\n\n- Liability and risk allocation: the Act limits liability exposure for the State and coordinators in a set of situations connected with APVMA approvals, registrations, permits, exemptions and licences (section 31(1)). It also removes the ability to rely on APVMA approval as a defence in private civil proceedings relating to loss or injury (section 31(2)). Fees/taxes authorised by the applicable provisions go to the Commonwealth rather than NSW (section 29), which affects cash flows and where revenue is collected.\n\n- Cross‑jurisdictional complexity and legal framing: the Act makes parts of Commonwealth administrative law apply as if the Agvet Code provisions were Commonwealth laws (section 16). That creates a legal framing where affected matters are treated for many purposes as arising under Commonwealth law rather than State law (section 16(4)), subject to limited exceptions set by NSW regulations (section 16(5)).\n\nConcrete trade-offs and potential substitution effects to note (mechanisms only):\n\n- Centralisation for uniformity: central administration (APVMA and Commonwealth processes) replaces or subsumes parallel State processes for the covered matters—this reduces the need for separate State-level decision processes but shifts decision authority and fee flows to Commonwealth institutions (sections 15–17, 21, 29).\n\n- Enforcement and dispute pathways: prosecutions and some administrative review functions may be exercised by Commonwealth entities (Commonwealth DPP and Commonwealth administrative law mechanisms) rather than State actors (sections 16, 35). That changes which prosecuting authority and administrative review pathways apply.\n\n- Regulatory certainty and retrospective validation: the Act validates certain prior actions of inspectors/analysts and provides transitional or savings regulation-making power to smooth changes (sections 28B, 32, 33A, 36). These provisions change legal risk in periods of institutional transition.\n\nKey sections for reference: sections 3, 4, 5–7, 11–14, 15–18A, 21–24, 28–31, 34–36, 35."},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the Act appears to have maintained its original purpose: applying the national agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulatory framework in NSW. Amendments have updated and modernised the Act over time but do not appear to have fundamentally shifted its core scope or intent."},"complexity_factors":["Cooperative federalism structure — the Act works by applying a Commonwealth (national) legislative scheme at the state level, which requires understanding two layers of law simultaneously","The actual substantive rules (what chemicals are approved, how they must be used) live in the national Code rather than in this NSW Act itself, so readers must look elsewhere for the full picture","Multiple amendments over 30+ years mean the current version may differ significantly from the original, requiring awareness of version history","Technical subject matter (chemical regulation, registration, labelling requirements) that intersects with agriculture, veterinary science, and environmental law","Limited substantive content visible in the provided text — the Act's operative provisions are not displayed, making full assessment difficult"],"plain_english_summary":"## Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994\n\n**What is this law?**\nThis NSW Act is part of a national cooperative scheme for regulating **agricultural and veterinary chemicals** (things like pesticides, herbicides, and medicines used on animals). Rather than each state having completely separate rules, NSW essentially adopted and applied the national (Commonwealth) framework for controlling these chemicals within the state.\n\n**Who does it affect?**\n- **Farmers and graziers** who use pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or animal medicines\n- **Veterinarians** who prescribe or use veterinary products\n- **Chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors** selling these products in NSW\n- **Anyone handling, selling, or applying** agricultural or veterinary chemical products\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nWithout this kind of law, unsafe or unregistered chemicals could be freely sold and used, potentially harming people, animals, crops, and the environment. This Act ensures that only approved chemicals — assessed for safety and effectiveness — can be legally used in NSW, and that rules about how and when to use them are enforced.\n\n**Key points:**\n- NSW 'mirrors' (copies and applies) the national Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code so it has legal force in the state\n- The **Minister for Agriculture** is responsible for administering the Act\n- The law has been updated several times since 1994, with the most recent changes taking effect from **3 July 2025**\n- Breaches of the rules (e.g., using unregistered chemicals or ignoring label instructions) can result in penalties\n\n**In plain terms:** If you're a farmer, vet, or chemical supplier in NSW, this law governs which chemicals you can legally use or sell, and how you must use them. It's designed to protect public health, animal welfare, and the environment."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994","history":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994/history","analysis":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemicals-new-south-wales-act-1994/documents"}}