Section 1A - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 - Implementing the Code

1AImplementing the Code

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#### 1A Implementing the Code (1) This Code recognises that: (a) the furthering of trade and commerce between Australia and places outside Australia; and (b) the present and future economic viability and competitiveness of primary industry which relies on access to chemical products and their constituents; and (c) a domestic industry for manufacturing and formulating chemical products and their constituents; are essential for the well‑being of the economy and require a system for regulating chemical products and their constituents that is cost effective, efficient, predictable, adaptive and responsive. (2) This Code is to be implemented in a manner that: (a) recognises that the health and safety of human beings, animals and the environment is the first priority of the system for regulating chemical products and their constituents, in part to ensure that the use of chemical products at the present time will not impair the prospects of future generations; and (b) reflects established best‑practice principles for the assessment and management of risk, based on science; and (c) balances regulatory effort and any burden imposed by the system of regulation on: (i) holders of approvals, registrations, permits and licences; and (ii) the domestic industry for manufacturing and formulating chemical products and their constituents; and (iii) the users of chemical products; with the risk of the use of the products and constituents to the health and safety of human beings, animals and the environment; and (d) recognises that the use of chemical products that pose unmanageable risks to the health and safety of human beings, animals and the environment is not appropriate in Australia; and (e) promotes community confidence in the regulation of chemical products and their constituents, is open and accountable, and gives opportunity for public involvement and participation; and (f) secures compliance with this Code through appropriate, proportionate, consistent and effective compliance and enforcement measures.