Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations In this
Part —
mercury means elemental mercury (Hg(0),
CAS No. 7439‑97‑6);
mercury‑added product means a product or
product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was
intentionally added;
mercury compound means any substance consisting of
atoms of mercury and 1 or more atoms of another chemical element, which can
only be separated into different components by a chemical reaction;
prohibited manufacturing process —
(a)
means a process that uses mercury or a mercury compound to produce any of the
following —
(i)
acetaldehyde;
(ii)
chlor‑alkali;
(iii)
polyurethane;
(iv)
potassium ethylate;
(v)
potassium methylate;
(vi)
sodium ethylate;
(vii)
sodium methylate;
(viii)
vinyl chloride monomer;
but
(b) does
not include a process that uses a mercury‑added product instead of
mercury or a mercury compound.
[Regulation 5P inserted: SL 2021/190
r. 4.]