3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

agricultural chemical product has the meaning given by section 4.

animal means any animal (other than a human being), whether vertebrate or not, and whether a food‑producing species or not, and includes:

(a) mammals, birds, bees, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans and molluscs; and
(b) the semen, ova or embryo of an animal (other than a human being) or any other substance or thing directly relevant to the reproduction of an animal (other than a human being); and
(c) any other prescribed form of animal life, whether prescribed by reference to a species or in any other way.

APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority continued in existence by section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.

assessment means an assessment under section 13.

Australian Capital Territory includes the Jervis Bay Territory.

Australian product means a chemical product that has been manufactured in Australia, but does not include an imported product.

chemical product means an agricultural chemical product or a veterinary chemical product but does not include such a product that, under the regulations, is exempt from levy.

document includes a book or other record.

excluded organism means an organism that is declared by the regulations to be an excluded organism.

give information includes make a statement.

imported product means a chemical product that has been imported into Australia (whether or not the product was manufactured in Australia).

inspector means a person appointed as an inspector for the purposes of this Act under section 18.

interested person, in relation to a registered chemical product, means:

(a) subject to paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), the person (the original applicant) who applied for the registration or, in the case of a chemical product whose registration has been renewed, applied for the renewal, or the last renewal, as the case may be, of the registration; or
(b) subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), if the original applicant has entered into a contract with another person in relation to the product under which, or as a result of which, the other person will or may apply to the relevant registering authority to have the other person's name entered in the register in relation to the product, or to have a label approved in relation to containers for the product, and the other person's name is entered in that register, or such a label is approved, on the application of the other person—the other person; or
(c) if the person who, apart from this paragraph, would be the interested person because of paragraph (a) or (b), was an individual who has died or is an individual whose affairs are being lawfully administered by another person—the legal personal representative of the individual or the person administering his or her affairs, as the case may be; or
(d) if the person who, apart from this paragraph, would be the interested person because of paragraph (a) or (b), was a body corporate—a successor in law of that body corporate.