Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Act 2003 (Cth)

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Act 2003

No. 74, 2003

An Act to amend the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

Part 1—Amendments related to commercial evaluation permits

Part 2—Amendments related to registration

Part 3—Application, saving and transitional

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Act 2003

No. 74, 2003

An Act to amend the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, and for related purposes

[Assented to 15 July 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Act 2003.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

Part 1—Amendments related to commercial evaluation permits

1 Subsection 21E(1) Omit "2,000 kilograms", substitute "4,000 kilograms".

Note: The heading to subsection 21E(1) is altered by omitting "2,000 kilograms" and substituting "4,000 kilograms".

Part 2—Amendments related to registration

2 Section 80B Repeal the section, substitute:

80B Person must be registered to introduce relevant industrial chemicals in certain circumstances

(1) A person must not introduce any relevant industrial chemicals in a registration year if: (a) either: (i) those chemicals are of a value equal to or exceeding the threshold value; or (ii) the person introduced, in the previous financial year, relevant industrial chemicals of a value equal to or exceeding the threshold value; and (b) either: (i) the person is not registered in relation to the registration year; or (ii) at the time the relevant chemicals are introduced, the person's registration in relation to the registration year is not in force.