Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Regulations (No. 2)

Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2004 Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 23rd day of August 2004 Present: The Right Hon Helen Clark presiding in Council Pursuant to section 75 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 2004, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the recommendation of the Minister for Food Safety and on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations. Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement 3 New regulation 10 added 10 Prohibition on use of certain agricultural compounds 4 New Schedule 8 added Schedule New Schedule 8 added to principal regulations Regulations 1 Title (1) These regulations are the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2004. (2) In these regulations, the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2001 SR 2001/101 are called "the principal regulations". 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette. 3 New regulation 10 added The principal regulations are amended by adding the following regulation: "10 Prohibition on use of certain agricultural compounds "(1) The substances described in Schedule 8 are prohibited from use as agricultural compounds or as ingredients in agricultural compounds. "(2) This regulation overrides anything to the contrary in any other regulation." 4 New Schedule 8 added The principal regulations are amended by adding the Schedule 8 set out in the Schedule. Schedule r 4 New Schedule 8 added to principal regulations Schedule 8 r 10 Substances prohibited from use as agricultural compounds or as ingredients in agricultural compounds Aldrin Chlordane DDT including DDD (also known as TDE) and DDE Dieldrin Endrin HCB (also known as hexachlorobenzene) except as an impurity in other active ingredients HCH (also known as hexachlorocyclohexane or benzenehexachloride) Heptachlor Lindane Mirex Strychnine Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council. Explanatory Note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect. These regulations, which come into force on the 28th day after their notification in the Gazette, amend the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2001 "(the principal regulations"). New regulation 10 and Schedule 8 are added to the principal regulations to prohibit a number of high-risk substances from use as agricultural compounds or as ingredients in agricultural compounds. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 26 August 2004. These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.