Under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997, all substances that are agricultural compounds must be registered unless exempted.
Requirements for exporting veterinary medicines
A list of requirements you need to meet when exporting veterinary medicines.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty (MAF) has established a pathway whereby, under certain circumstances, it will consider the decisions of the Australian regulatory body, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), in lieu of data assessments to support an application for registration of veterinary medicines under section 21 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997. MAF has named this pathway ACVM Registration by Reference to APVMA Registration, shortened to registration by reference.
Special circumstances approval information requirements under section 8C of the ACVM Act.
- ACVM 1-2 Registration and product data sheet veterinary medicines [DOC, 351 KB]
- ACVM 1 Registration of an ACVM trade name product [DOC, 480 KB]
- ACVM 1R Renewal of registration of an ACVM trade name product [DOC, 469 KB]
- Application to vary the registration of an agricultural chemical or vertebrate toxic agent trade name product (ACVM 1V) [DOC, 436 KB]
Product data sheet guideline for registration (or variation of registration) of a veterinary medicine.
This document provides guidelines for veterinarians to use when issuing veterinary operating instructions (VOIs) for non-veterinarians to use for restricted veterinary medicines (RVMs) or veterinary medicines that are exempt from registration subject to veterinary control. It also includes an appendix with specific guidelines relating to RVMs for deer velvet antler removal.