159APVMA or other authority may require, or require additional, information, report or sample in certain circumstances

#### 159 APVMA or other authority may require, or require additional, information, report or sample in certain circumstances (1) For the purposes of: (a) determining an application under this Code in relation to: (i) an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product; or (ii) a chemical product; or (iii) a label for containers for a chemical product; or (b) determining an application under this Code in relation to a permit in respect of: (i) an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product; or (ii) a chemical product; or (d) deciding whether to suspend or cancel: (i) an approval of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product; or (ii) the registration of a chemical product; or (iii) the approval of a label for containers for a chemical product; or (v) a permit in respect of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product or in respect of a chemical product; the APVMA or another prescribed authority may, by written notice given to the applicant (for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b)) or the holder (for the purposes of paragraph (d)), require the applicant or holder, within a reasonable period stated in the notice, or within a further period that the APVMA allows, to do any one or more of the following: (e) give to the APVMA or that prescribed authority, as the case may be, information, of a kind stated in the notice; (f) carry out a search of published literature for information about the active constituent, or about the chemical product or any of its constituents, as the case may be, and give a report to the APVMA or that prescribed authority on the results of that search; (g) give to the APVMA or that prescribed authority, or to another body that the APVMA or that authority has determined, a sample of the active constituent, or of the chemical product or any of its constituents, as the case may be, for the purpose of analysis by an approved analyst; (h) conduct, or cause to be conducted, trials or laboratory experiments and give the results of the trials or experiments to the APVMA. (1AA) The period stated in the notice must be no longer than the period prescribed by the regulations. (1AB) The APVMA may allow a further period only in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations. (1A) The power of the APVMA or another authority under subsection (1) to require a person to give to the APVMA or to that authority information, a report or a sample includes a power to require the person to give to the APVMA or to that authority such information or such a report or sample in addition to any information, report or sample previously given by the person to the APVMA or to that authority under any provision of this Code other than this section or under a previous application of this section. (2) Any information or report that an applicant or holder has to give to the APVMA or a prescribed authority under subsection (1) must be given in writing and be signed by the applicant or holder. > Note: For giving information electronically, see section 156A.