Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69EKB

  (1)   A person to whom an infringement notice has been given may apply to the APVMA for an extension of the period referred to in paragraph   69EKA(1)(h).

  (2)   If the application is made before the end of that period, the APVMA may, in writing, extend that period. The APVMA may do so before or after the end of that period.

  (3)   If the APVMA extends that period, a reference in this Division to the period referred to in paragraph   69EKA(1)(h) is taken to be a reference to that period so extended.

  (4)   If the APVMA does not extend that period, a reference in this Division to the period referred to in paragraph   69EKA(1)(h) is taken to be a reference to the period that ends on the later of the following days:

  (a)   the day that is the last day of the period referred to in paragraph   69EKA(1)(h);

  (b)   the day that is 7 days after the day the person was given notice of the APVMA's decision not to extend.

  (5)   The APVMA may extend the period more than once under subsection   (2).