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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
160Overseas trials and experiments etc.
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#### 160 Overseas trials and experiments etc.
(1) This section applies for the purposes of:
(a) determining an application under this Code in relation to an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product; or
(b) determining an application under this Code in relation to a chemical product (including an application in relation to a label for containers for a chemical product); or
(c) reconsidering the approval of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, the registration of a chemical product or the approval of a label for containers for a chemical product; or
(d) deciding whether to suspend or cancel a permit in respect of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product or in respect of a chemical product.
(2) The APVMA may take account of any of the following:
(a) the results of any trials or experiments already carried out in a foreign country in relation to an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or in relation to a chemical product or any of its constituents;
(b) any decisions or evaluations made by regulators of agricultural or veterinary chemicals in a foreign country;
(c) any information on which a decision or evaluation mentioned in paragraph (b) is based;
to the extent that those results, decisions or evaluations are, or that information is, relevant having regard to any matters the APVMA thinks appropriate, including any of the matters mentioned in subsection (3).
(3) The matters are:
(a) any significant differences in the proposed use of the constituent, or of the product, in Australia and in that foreign country; or
(b) any different environmental factors affecting the use of the constituent, or of the product, in Australia and in that foreign country; or
(c) any significant additional information relating to the properties of the constituent, or of the product or of any of its constituents, that has become available since the conduct of those trials or experiments; or
(d) any significant differences in the way decisions or evaluations are made in Australia and by the national regulatory authority in that foreign country.