What documents can be accessed?

A person may submit an Agvet Code request to:

  • inspect, or seek a copy or extract or part of, the Record of Approved Active Constituents for Chemical Productsi
  • inspect, or seek a copy or extract or part of, the Register of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Productsii
  • apply to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for a copy of, or extract of, a document relating to an approved active constituent or registered chemical product that is not held on the Record or Registeriii.

However, the APVMA will refuse access to a document or any part of a document in a number of circumstances including when the documents contain:

  • Confidential Commercial Information, and the applicant is not authorised to receive the information
  • protected data, the applicant is not authorised to receive the information and the limitation periods have not expired yet
  • personal information, the release of which would breach the Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988
  • material, the release of which could damage the security or defence of the Commonwealth.

Making an Agvet Code request

The request must:

  • be in writing
  • provide enough information to the APVMA to clearly identify the documents sought
  • seek documents related to approved active constituent/s or registered chemical product/s.

There is no approved form.

Agvet Code requests can be submitted via email or post:

Email: acr@apvma.gov.au

Post:
Enquiries
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
PO Box 574
Canberra ACT 2601

Charges

The APVMA requires a commencement fee of $95 to begin processing a request.

If the location and preparation of the documents subject to your request exceed a total of one hour, further charges will apply before the documents can be supplied to you. These further charges will be calculated with reference to Table 1.

Table 1: Agvet Code request charges
ChargeivServiceAmount
Commencement feeTo commence processing of the request$95.00
Processing feeFor each additional hour or part of an hour, after the first hour, of work done by the APVMA to make the copy of extract available$95.00
For each photocopied page in excess of the first 100 pages$0.20
For each page of a copy, other than a photocopy, of a document$4.40
For each page of a transcript of a sound recording or a document in shorthand$4.40

i Pursuant to subsection 17(5) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

ii Pursuant to subsection 18(5) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

iii Pursuant to section 8W of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

iv Calculated with reference to Regulation 73 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995

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