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Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Regulatory Reform
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Responded: Thursday 10 November 2016
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The Auditor-General responded on 10 November 2016 to correspondence from The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP on 13 October 2016 requesting the ANAO include the impact of the Australian Government’s proposed relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Authority in its current performance audit of Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine (agvet) Regulatory Reform.
Auditor-General's response
10 November 2016
The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Australia
PO Box 6022
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Dear Mr Fitzgibbon
Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Regulatory Reform
Thank you for your letter of 13 October 2016 requesting the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) to include the impact of the Australian Government's proposed relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Authority (APVMA) in its current performance audit of Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine (agvet) Regulatory Reform.
As you noted, the ANAO is currently undertaking an audit of the effectiveness of the APVMA's implementation of reforms to agricultural and veterinary chemical regulation and the extent to which the authority has achieved operational efficiencies and reduced the costs burden on regulated entities. In the context of the current audit, the ANAO will have regard to any forward-looking impacts of the proposed relocation of the authority. At this time, the audit is being undertaken with a view to tabling in the Autumn sitting period in 2017.
Yours sincerely
Grant Hehir
Correspondence from the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP
