4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

appointed Board member means a Board member other than the Chief Executive Officer.

APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority continued in existence by section 6.

Board means the Board of the APVMA established by section 14.

Board member means a member of the Board.

Chair means the Chair of the Board.

chemical product has the same meaning as in the Agvet Code of the participating Territories.

Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer appointed in accordance with section 33.

civil penalty order has the meaning given by subsection 69EJ(4).

civil penalty provision means a provision declared by this Act or the Collection Act to be a civil penalty provision.

Collection Act means the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994.

committee means a committee established under section 28.

confidential commercial information has the same meaning as in the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

copy, in relation to a warrant issued under section 69EH or 69EHA (or a form of warrant completed under subsection 69EHB(6)), includes:

(a) a copy sent by fax or other electronic means; or
(b) a copy of a copy so sent.

damage has the same meaning as in the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

data has the same meaning as in the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

evidential burden, in relation to a matter, means the burden of adducing or pointing to evidence that suggests a reasonable possibility that the matter exists or does not exist.

evidential material means any of the following:

(a) a thing with respect to which an offence against this Act or the Collection Act has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been committed;
(b) a thing with respect to which a civil penalty provision has been contravened or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been contravened;
(c) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting will afford evidence as to the commission of such an offence or contravention of such a civil penalty provision;
(d) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting is intended to be used for the purpose of committing such an offence or contravening such a civil penalty provision.