EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Application Fees - Revocation) Instrument 2014
The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (Act) provides, within a Code set out in the Schedule to the Act (Agvet Code), a low-regulatory scheme for agricultural and veterinary chemicals. This scheme was amended by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (Amending Act).
The purpose of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Application Fees – Revocation) Instrument 2014 is to revoke the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 1 (Application Fees) 2010 (Application Fees Instrument).
The Application Fees Instrument provided further detail about how the 25 categories of application fees applied. This instrument is no longer current following amendments to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995. As a measure of reducing red tape relevant information is now contained in the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s Regulatory Guidelines.
The revocation has effect from the commencement of Schedule 1 – 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013.
No Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared for the Instrument. The Office of Best Practice Regulations was consulted about this Instrument and has advised that no further analysis (in the form of a Regulatory Impact Statement) is required (OBPR ID: 17109).
Public consultation
No public consultation has been undertaken as the Application Fees Instrument is redundant following amendments to the Agvet Code.
STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Application Fees - Revocation) Instrument 2014
This Legislative Instrument is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
Overview of the Legislative Instrument
The purpose of this Instrument is to revoke the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 1 (Application Fees) 2010.
Human rights implications
The Instrument does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.
Conclusion
The Instrument is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human rights issues.