Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to search
Home

Top navigation main

  • News & media
  • Jobs
  • Ministers
  • Contact us
Main menu

AWE Main

  • Agriculture and land
    Agriculture and land Building stronger and more sustainable agriculture, fisheries, forestry and land care.
    • Animal health
    • Climate change and agriculture
    • Drought, disaster and rural support
    • Farming, food and drought
    • Fisheries
    • Forestry
    • Levies and charges on agricultural products
    • Mouse infestation advice
    • Plant health
    Xylella

    Protect against unwanted plant pests

    Our biosecurity system helps protects us. Everyone has a role in supporting our biosecurity system.

    Find out more

  • Biosecurity and trade
    Biosecurity and trade
    • Aircraft, vessels and military
    • Biosecurity policy
    • Cats and dogs
    • Exporting
    • Importing
    • Pests, diseases and weeds
    • Public awareness and education
    • Trade and market access
    • Travelling or sending goods to Australia
    • Report a concern
    Brown marmorated stink bug

    BMSB Seasonal Measures

    Australia has strengthened seasonal measures to manage the risk of BMSB.

    View our seasonal measures

  • Science and research
    Science and research Undertaking research and collecting data to support informed decisions and policies.
    • Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
    • Plant Innovation Centre
    Abares

    ABARES Insights

    Get 'snapshots’ of agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries, or analysis of key issues.

    Find out more

  • About us
    About us We enhance our agricultural industries and trade, and manage the threat of biosecurity risks to Australia.
    • Accountability and reporting
    • Assistance, grants and tenders
    • Contact us
    • Fees and charges
    • News and media
    • Our commitment to you
    • Payments
    • People and jobs
    • Publications
    • What we do
    • Who we are
    Budget 2025-26

    Budget 2025-26

    The 2025–26 Portfolio Budget Statements were released on 25 March 2025.

    Find out more

  • Online services
    Online services We do business with you using online platforms. This makes it easier for you to meet your legal requirements.
Department of Agriculture

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Agriculture and land
  3. Farming, food and rural support
  4. Agricultural and veterinary chemicals
  5. Reforming the regulation of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines
  6. Streamlining the regulation of agvet chemicals
  7. Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018

Sidebar first - Farming

  • Streamlining the regulation of agvet chemicals
    • APVMA Board and Other Improvements Bill 2019
    • Recent Agvet Chemicals Regulations Amendments and Ministerial Orders
    • Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018
    • Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Operational Efficiency) Bill 2017
    • Previous consultation

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018

The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 lapsed when parliament was dissolved in early 2019.

A new Bill, the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019, revives the measures from the lapsed Bill.

The lapsed Streamlining Regulation Bill was introduced into the Australian Parliament on 18 October 2018. Information about the lapsed Bill is available from the Australian Parliament website.

The measures in the lapsed Bill were intended to:

  • enable the use of new, simpler regulatory processes for chemicals of low regulatory concern (to simplify the approval of active constituents and labels, and the registration of certain products through prescribed approvals and registrations)
  • provide the APVMA and industry with more flexibility to deal with certain types of new information provided when the APVMA is considering an application
  • provide for extensions to limitation periods and protection periods as an incentive for chemical companies to register certain new uses of chemical products – particularly those uses (minor uses) with insufficient commercial return for chemical companies to normally add to the product label
  • support computerised decision-making by the APVMA
  • optimise risk communication about chemical products by improving the transparency of voluntary recalls
  • harmonise the need to inform the APVMA of new information (where it relates to the safety, efficacy, trade and labelling criteria) so that the same obligations apply to all holders and applicants
  • provide a more practical mechanism for dealing with minor variations in the constituents in a product, that normally occur in the manufacturing process
  • provide the APVMA with more proportionate options for dealing with false or misleading information (suspension or cancellation of an approval or registration)
  • clarify what information must be included on a label (address an inconsistency in label particulars)
  • allow the holder of a suspended product to address the reason for the suspension
  • fix anomalies in the regulation-making powers for the safety, efficacy, trade and labelling criteria
  • simplify the APVMA’s corporate reporting requirements
  • make minor and machinery changes, including removal of unnecessary and redundant provisions.

Additional measures in the lapsed Streamlining Regulation Bill would have provided for a legislative instrument made by the APVMA to prescribe a scheme that would allow applicants and the APVMA to use accredited third party providers to undertake assessment services. This measure is not being pursued in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019.

Background

Public consultation on an exposure draft of the lapsed Bill occurred between 11 July to 22 August 2018. Following consultation, several changes were made to the lapsed Bill. These changes included:

  • omitting the proposal for provisional registration
  • simplifying the proposed legislation for accrediting persons and removing the aggravated offence for contravening conditions of accreditation
  • aligning voluntary recalls more closely with the Australian Consumer Law
  • providing for internal review of an APVMA decision that is substituted for a computer-based decision
  • simplifying the provisions for extending ‘data protection’ periods.

Submissions

A total of 17 submissions were received on an exposure draft of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018, including 3 provided in-confidence. Links to the public submissions can be found below.

Download

DocumentPagesFile size
Accord Australasia Ltd PDF PDF Icon41.5 MB
Animal Medicines Australia PDF PDF Icon9336 KB
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission PDF Icon4431 KB
Australian Veterinary Association PDF PDF Icon12192 KB
Brown Besier Parasitology Pty Ltd PDF PDF Icon2105 KB
Competitive Advantage PDF PDF Icon14143 KB
CropLife Australia PDF PDF Icon132.3 MB
Dairy Australia PDF PDF Icon9696 KB
Grain Producers Australia PDF PDF Icon182.1 MB
Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd PDF PDF Icon10253 KB
National Farmers’ Federation PDF PDF Icon12257 KB
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries PDF PDF Icon3377 KB
Veterinary Manufacturers and Distributors Association PDF PDF Icon894 KB
Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc) PDF PDF Icon8394 KB

Published submissions may not meet Australian Government accessibility guidelines as they have not been prepared by the department.

Consultation paper

Although the period for submissions has closed, the original consultation document and exposure draft is still available to view through the links below. The consultation paper included details of the proposed legislative changes when consultation commenced in July 2018.

Download

Document

Pages

File size

Consultation on Streamlining Regulation of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals PDF PDF Icon

57

1.1 MB

Consultation on Streamlining Regulation of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals DOCX Word Icon

57

193 KB

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

Read the exposure draft

The exposure draft set out the legislative changes as proposed when consultation commenced.

Download

Document

Pages

File size

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 PDF PDF Icon

58

644 KB

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 DOC Word Icon

58

320 KB

This publication was not prepared by the department and may not meet Australian Government accessibility guidelines. If you require an accessible version of the publication, please contact the department.

General enquiries

Call 1800 900 090

Contact us online

Report a biosecurity concern

Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks! Your feedback has been submitted.

We aren't able to respond to your individual comments or questions.
To contact us directly phone us or submit an online inquiry

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Please verify that you are not a robot.

Skip
Page last updated: 11 October 2024

We acknowledge the continuous connection of First Nations Traditional Owners and Custodians to the lands, seas and waters of Australia. We recognise their care for and cultivation of Country. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and recognise their knowledge and contribution to the productivity, innovation and sustainability of Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.

Artwork: Protecting our Country, Growing our Future
© Amy Allerton, contemporary Aboriginal Artist of the Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Gamilaroi nations.

Footer

  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • FOI

© Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Facebook X LinkedIn Instagram