13APVMA to publish notice before deciding whether to register chemical product containing new active constituent

#### 13 APVMA to publish notice before deciding whether to register chemical product containing new active constituent (1) This section applies if the application: (a) has passed preliminary assessment; and (b) is for registration of a chemical product containing an active constituent not previously contained in a chemical product registered in this or another jurisdiction under the Agvet Code, or a corresponding previous law, of the jurisdiction concerned. (2) The APVMA must publish a notice in the Gazette and in any other manner that it thinks appropriate. (3) The notice must state that the APVMA has to decide whether to register the product and must: (a) set out the following: (i) the name that the applicant intends to use to describe the product; (ii) particulars of the product and its active constituents; (iii) a summary of the APVMA’s assessment of whether the product meets the safety criteria, the trade criteria and the efficacy criteria; (iv) any other matters that the APVMA thinks appropriate; and (b) invite any person to make, within a specified period of at least 28 days, a written submission to the APVMA as to whether the product should be registered and stating the grounds on which the submission is based, which must be grounds that relate to the safety criteria, the trade criteria or the efficacy criteria.