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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
End Cruel Cosmetics Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Senator Rhiannon)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Industrial Chemicals
(Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, and for
related purposes
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End Cruel Cosmetics Bill 2014
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Main amendments
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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
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Part 2--Other amendments
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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
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Part 3--Application of amendments
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Industrial Chemicals
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(Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the End Cruel Cosmetics Act 2014.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after the end of the period of 6
months beginning on the day this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Main amendments Part 1
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Schedule 1
--Amendments
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Part 1
--Main amendments
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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
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1 At the end of Part 3B
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Add:
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Division 2--Cosmetics tested on animals
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81B Cosmetics tested on animals
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Testing cosmetics and ingredients
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(1) A person commits an offence if:
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(a) the person tests a substance on a live animal in Australia; and
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(b) the person does so for the purpose of any person:
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(i) developing, manufacturing, selling or importing a
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cosmetic; or
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(ii) developing, manufacturing, selling or importing a
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substance for use as an ingredient in cosmetics.
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Penalty: 120 penalty units.
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Manufacturing, advertising, selling or importing cosmetics
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(2) A person commits an offence if:
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(a) the person:
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(i) manufactures, advertises or sells a cosmetic in
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Australia; or
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(ii) imports a cosmetic into Australia; and
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(b) any person tested a substance on a live animal for the purpose
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of any person developing, manufacturing, selling or
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importing:
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(i) the cosmetic; or
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(ii) a substance for use as an ingredient in cosmetics; and
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Main amendments
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(c) in a case to which subparagraph (b)(ii) applies--the
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ingredient is an ingredient in the cosmetic mentioned in
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paragraph (a).
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Penalty: 120 penalty units.
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Manufacturing, advertising, selling or importing ingredients in
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cosmetics
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(3) A person commits an offence if:
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(a) the person:
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(i) manufactures, advertises or sells a substance in
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Australia; or
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(ii) imports a substance into Australia;
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for use as an ingredient in cosmetics; and
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(b) any person tested a substance on a live animal for the purpose
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of any person developing, manufacturing, selling or
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importing the substance mentioned in paragraph (a) for use as
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an ingredient in cosmetics.
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Penalty: 120 penalty units.
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81C Additional operation of Division
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Without prejudice to its effect apart from this section (including its
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effect because of section 4), this Division also has, because of this
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section, the effect it would have if the references to developing,
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manufacturing, selling or advertising were, by express provision,
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confined to:
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(a) developing, manufacturing, selling or advertising:
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(i) by federally-regulated entities; or
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(ii) in constitutional trade or commerce, or for supply in the
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course of constitutional trade or commerce; or
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(iii) for supply to, or to an authority or instrumentality of,
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the Commonwealth or a Territory; and
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(b) developing, manufacturing, selling or advertising in a
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Territory.
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81D International obligations
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This Division has effect, in relation to importing a substance into
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Australia, subject to Australia's international obligations.
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81E Ingredients, preparations and components
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(1) This Division does not apply to an ingredient in cosmetics if the
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ingredient is:
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(a) a therapeutic good within the meaning of the Therapeutic
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Goods Act 1989; or
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(b) a substance or preparation prescribed by regulations made for
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the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of cosmetic in
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subsection 5(1) of this Act.
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(2) This Division applies:
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(a) in relation to a preparation or mixture of substances in the
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same way as it applies in relation to a substance; and
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(b) in relation to a component in the same way as it applies in
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relation to an ingredient.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 2 Other amendments
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Part 2
--Other amendments
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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
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2 Title
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Omit "to establish a national system of notification and assessment
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of industrial chemicals, to provide for registration of certain
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persons proposing to introduce industrial chemicals, to provide for
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national standards for cosmetics imported into, or manufactured in,
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Australia, and for related purposes", substitute "about industrial
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chemicals and cosmetics".
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3 At the end of section 3
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Add:
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; and (c) the banning of the testing of cosmetics, and ingredients in
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cosmetics, on animals.
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4 Subparagraph 4(a)(iii)
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Omit "trade and commerce with other countries, among the States,
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within a Territory, between a State and Territory or between 2
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Territories", substitute "constitutional trade and commerce".
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5 Subsection 5(1)
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Insert:
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constitutional trade and commerce means trade and commerce:
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(a) with other countries; or
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(b) among the States; or
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(c) between a State and a Territory; or
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(d) between 2 Territories.
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federally regulated entity has the meaning given by the Australian
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Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2013.
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6 Paragraphs 21M(1)(c) and (2)(c)
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Omit "trade and commerce with other countries, among the States,
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within a Territory, between a State and Territory or between 2
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Territories", substitute "constitutional trade and commerce".
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Amendments Schedule 1
Other amendments Part 2
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7 Part 3B (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Part 3B--Cosmetics
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Division 1--Standards for cosmetics imported into, or
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manufactured in, Australia
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 3 Application of amendments
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Part 3
--Application of amendments
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8 Application of amendments
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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to testing that
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occurs on or after the commencement of this item.
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