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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
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#### 176 Existing registration or approval of label
(1) If, immediately before the commencement of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction:
(a) no provision was made by the corresponding previous law of this jurisdiction for the registration of chemical products; but
(b) a label in relation to, or in relation to containers for, a chemical product was registered or approved by the previous registering authority of this jurisdiction;
then, upon that commencement, the following paragraphs apply:
(c) the product is taken to have been registered unconditionally by the APVMA under section 20 of that Code;
(d) the label is taken to have been approved in relation to the product by the APVMA under section 21 of that Code:
(i) for the containers for which it was registered or approved by that previous registering authority or, if it was not registered or approved for containers, for all containers for the product; and
(ii) subject to the conditions (if any) to which its registration or approval by that authority was subject.
(2) If, immediately before the commencement of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction, a label in relation to, or in relation to containers for, a chemical product was registered or approved by the previous registering authority of this jurisdiction, the label is taken to have been approved in relation to the product by the APVMA under section 21 of that Code upon that commencement:
(a) for the containers for which it was registered or approved by that previous registering authority or, if it was not registered or approved for containers, for all containers for the product; and
(b) subject to the conditions (if any) to which its registration or approval by that authority was subject.