Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (NO. 1) (SLI NO 78 OF 2006) - SCHEDULE 1

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[1]           After regulation 6A

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6B            Prescribed information for application for controlled use permit

                For paragraph 22C (2) (e) of the Act, in relation to an application for a permit by an applicant who intends to export a chemical, the following information about the chemical must be supplied in the application:

                (a)    the matters set out in items 1 and 13 of Part B of the Schedule to the Act;

               (b)    if the chemical is to be introduced in an amount that is greater than 10 tonnes in a period of 12 months, information about the matters set out in Part C of the Schedule to the Act that is available to the applicant;

                (c)    if the chemical is a polymer, the matters relating to the polymer’s molecular weight set out in items 2, 3 and 4 of Part D of the Schedule to the Act;

               (d)    whether the chemical is, or contains, a hazardous chemical;

                (e)    whether the chemical has been notified and assessed in a foreign country;

                (f)    the concentration amount of the chemical in the product containing the chemical;

                (g)    the safety procedures to be observed when handling and storing the chemical;

                (h)    the procedures to be adopted to control or limit the release of the chemical, or waste products resulting from the chemical, into the environment or workplace;

                 (i)    the details of the country to which the chemical is to be exported;

                (j)    the Material Safety Data Sheet in relation to the chemical or the product containing the chemical;

               (k)    the label to be attached to the packaging of the chemical or the product containing the chemical.

[2]           Schedule 2, table, after item 5B

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