8CInformation to be taken into account in determining applications

#### 8C Information to be taken into account in determining applications (1) In determining the application, the APVMA: (a) must have regard to: (i) the information in, or accompanying, the application as required under section 8B or any other provision of this Code; and (ii) any information or thing given to the APVMA as required under section 157 or 159 or by section 160A in relation to the application; and (iii) any submission made in response to an invitation given by the APVMA in relation to the application; and (b) may have regard to any other matter that it thinks relevant. (2) Subject to subsection (2A), the APVMA must not take into account any information that: (a) is given by or on behalf of the applicant in connection with the application; but (b) is not covered by paragraph (1)(a). (2A) Subsection (2) does not apply to information that is prescribed by the regulations, and that is provided in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations, for the purposes of this subsection. (3) This section does not apply in relation to an application under section 122 for a licence.