Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022

Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022 Cindy Kiro, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 13th day of June 2022 Present: Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council This order is made under section 2(2) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council. Contents Page 1 Title 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Inhibitor substances declared to be agricultural compounds 2 Schedule Inhibitor substances declared to be agricultural compounds 3 Order 1 Title This order is the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022. 2 Commencement This order comes into force on 18 July 2022. 2022/191 1 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414583 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414576 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414576 3 Inhibitor substances declared to be agricultural compounds (1) An inhibitor substance is an agricultural compound for the purposes of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 if, for the pur‐ poses of mitigating the adverse impacts of an agricultural activity on the envir‐ onment, on sustainability, or on climate change, it is— (a) used or intended for use in the direct or indirect management of plants or animals; or (b) applied to a place on or in which there are plants or animals; or (c) applied to the feed or water of plants or animals. (2) In this order, inhibitor substance means— (a) a substance listed in the Schedule; and (b) an ester, isomer, or salt form of a substance listed in the Schedule. cl 3 Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022 2022/191 2 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414576 Schedule Inhibitor substances1 declared to be agricultural compounds cl 3 2-Amino-4-chloro-6-methylpyrimidine 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole (phosphate) 3-Methyl-1-pyrazolecarboxamide 3-Nitrooxypropanol 4-Amino-1,2,4-triazole Ammonium thiosulphate Asparagopsis armata Asparagopsis taxiformis Bromoform Butanoic acid, 4-((2,5-dichlorophenyl) amino)-4-oxo-(9CI) Calcium carbide Calcium lignosulfonate Camellia sinensis extract Canola oil Corn oil Dicyandiamide Etridiazole Garlic oil Gibberellic acid Iprodione Iron hydroxide sulfate Karum seed oil Lactic acid Lauric acid Lecithin Lemon Myrtle oil Lemon oil Mercaptobenzothiazole Monensin N-(2-nitrophenyl) phosphoric triamide N-Butylphosphorothioic triamide Neem oil Nitrapyrin N-Propylphosphorothioic triamide Olive oil Orange flower absolute Oregano oil 1 Ester, isomer, and salt forms of listed inhibitor substances are also agricultural compounds. See cl 3(2)(b). 2022/191 Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022 Schedule 3 Pronitridine Simazine Sodium azide Sodium chlorate Sodium thiosulphate Soybean oil Stearic acid Sunflower oil Thiourea Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council. Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This order, which comes into force on 18 July 2022, declares the inhibitor substances listed in the Schedule to be agricultural compounds for the purposes of the Agricul‐ tural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (the Act) if they are used for the purposes of mitigating the adverse impacts of an agricultural activity on the envir‐ onment, on sustainability, or on climate change. The effect of this order is to regulate inhibitor substances as agricultural compounds to manage any risk to public health, trade in primary products, animal welfare, or bio‐ security associated with the use of those substances. On 18 July 2022, amendments to the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medi‐ cines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011 also come into force. Those amendments permit inhibitor substances that are in use on the commencement date to be imported, manufactured, sold, or used as agricultural compounds without registration under section 21 or 27 of the Act for a transitional period of 2 years start‐ ing on the commencement date. Regulatory impact statement The Ministry for Primary Industries produced a regulatory impact statement on 15 July 2020 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument. A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at— • https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/45178/direct • https://treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/ris Explanatory note Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022 2022/191 4 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414576 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM414576 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3982847 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3982847 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM415087 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM415094 https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/45178/direct http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/ria Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019. Date of notification in Gazette: 16 June 2022. This order is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2022 2022/191 Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Inhibitor Substances) Order 2022 5 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM7298104