Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 and Regulations Jurisdiction Australia Year 1990 Published in English Source Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, 1990. iv, 42 + 10p. Serial number Act No.8 of 1990; Statutory Rules 1990 No.231 Descriptors [Primary] Australia, chemical hazards, dangerous substances, hazard evaluation, notification of dangerous substances [Secondary] law, prohibition of use Subject category Chemical safety Abstract The main purpose of the Act is to establish a national system for the notification and assessment of industrial chemicals. Contents: definitions; setting up of an Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (which would include a confidential section in order to protect industrial secrets) to be maintained by the Environment Department; assessment and notification of new chemicals; issuing of permits; acceptance of assessment conducted in an Australian State or Territory or in another country; declaration of priority existing chemicals (i.e. chemicals judged by the Director of Chemicals notification and Assessment to have harmful health or environmental effects); prohibition of certain priority existing chemicals. The Regulations contain details about the kind of data considered as "basic information" about a chemical and various administrative arrangements. CIS No. 91-1760 Database ID 57004