Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995.

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.
The Act, consisting of 70 sections divided into six Parts and completed by six Schedules, places restrictions on and introduces prohibitions on use of, or dealing with, chemical products (Part 3), whereas Part 4 provides for controls over use of agricultural chemical products. Part V make provision for controls over contaminated land, stock and agricultural produce.