Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Tasmania Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to control the use and application of agricultural chemical products and veterinary chemical products, to provide for related matters and to repeal certain Acts. Subject Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Pollution control Soil pollution/quality MRL-maximum residue limit Food quality control/food safety Public health Institution Inspection Drugs Animal health Plant protection Pesticides Registration Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The Agricultural, Silvicultural and Veterinary Chemicals Council and the Tasmanian Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Advisory Committee are established. The functions of the Council are: (a) to advise the Minister, the Minister administering the Public Health Act 1962 and the Minister administering the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 on matters relating to chemical products and their use; (b) to recommend to the Minister the making of orders and regulations under this Act; (c) to develop or approve codes of practice in relation to the handling of chemical products and the monitoring of residues in water supplies, food and fibre; (d) to monitor guidelines adopted for the use of chemical products nationally and internationally; (e) to examine standards of residues and develop guidelines to ensure best practice in the handling of chemical products; (f) to examine problems of the use of chemical products in farming and forestry and identify priority areas for action to minimise the presence of chemical products and residues; etc. The functions of the Advisory Committee are as follows: (a) to advise the Registrar of Chemical Products, appointed under section 19, on all matters relating to permits referred to it by the Registrar; (b) to recommend to the Council policies and guidelines relating to the use of chemical products; (c) to advise the Council on any matter relating to chemicals and chemical products referred to it by the Council or considered by the Advisory Committee to be relevant. Full text English Website www.legislation.tas.gov.au References - Legislation Implemented by Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 1996. Legislation | Australia | 1996 (2001) Keyword: Agricultural land, Disinfection/disinfestation, Irrigation, Drugs, Animal health, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Provision of Information on Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996. Legislation | Australia | 1996 Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Order 2001. Legislation | Australia | 2001 Keyword: Agricultural land, Drugs, Animal health, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Handling of Chemical Products) Order 1996. Legislation | Australia | 1996 Keyword: Animal health, Equine-animals, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Waste disposal, Drugs, Waste management, Hazardous substances, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996. Legislation | Australia | 1996 Keyword: Agricultural land, Pesticides, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Order 2000. Legislation | Australia | 2000 Keyword: Animal production, Cattle, Animal health, Hormones/steroids Source: FAO, FAOLEX Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 2012. Legislation | Australia | 2012 Keyword: Agricultural land, Disinfection/disinfestation, Irrigation, Animal health, Animal production, Hormones/steroids, Marking/identification, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX