Document ID (ISN) | 57004 |
CIS number |
91-1760 |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
Act No.8 of 1990; Statutory Rules 1990 No.231
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Title |
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 and Regulations [Australia] |
Bibliographic information |
Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, 1990. iv, 42 + 10p. |
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. |
Descriptors (primary) |
dangerous substances; notification of dangerous substances; chemical hazards; hazard evaluation; Australia |
Descriptors (secondary) |
prohibition of use; law |
Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
Country / State or Province | Australia |
Subject(s) |
Laws
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
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