16Application of Commonwealth administrative laws in relation to applicable provisions

16 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws in relation to applicable provisions

[Section 16 Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 6, Applied:01 Jun 2001] [Section 16 Substituted by No. 44 of 2001, s. 5, Applied:22 Aug 2001]

(1)  The Commonwealth administrative laws apply as laws of this jurisdiction to any matter arising in relation to the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction as if those provisions were laws of the Commonwealth and were not laws of this jurisdiction.

(2)  [Section 16 Subsection (2) amended by No. 8 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:14 Oct 2024] The provisions of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction that require the NRA to give brief particulars of reasons for decisions do not affect the obligations of the NRA under Division 3 of Part 10 of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 of the Commonwealth as that section applies as a law of this jurisdiction under subsection (1) of this section.

(3)  The provisions of the Agvet Code of this jurisdiction that relate to the disclosure of confidential commercial information do not affect the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 of the Commonwealth as that Act applies as a law of this jurisdiction under subsection (1) of this section.

(4)  For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, a matter arising in relation to the applicable provisions of this jurisdiction –

(a) is taken to be a matter arising in relation to laws of the Commonwealth in the same way as if those provisions were laws of the Commonwealth; and

(b) is taken not to be a matter arising in relation to laws of this jurisdiction.

(5)  Subsection (4) has effect for the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under section 32 .