[inglés] Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 and Regulations Jurisdicción Australia Ańo 1990 Publicado en inglés Título original / otro título [inglés] Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 and Regulations [Australia] Fuente [inglés] Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, 1990. iv, 42 + 10p. Número de referencia Act No.8 of 1990; Statutory Rules 1990 No.231 Descriptores [Principales] Australia, declaración de substancias peligrosas, riesgos químicos, substancias peligrosas, valoración del riesgo [Secundarios] ley, prohibición de uso Categoría Riesgos químicos Resumen [inglés] 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 Número de registro 57004