Exchange of certain information about industrial chemicals
160 Exchange of certain information about industrial chemicals
Scope
This section relates to Australia’s obligations under subparagraphs 1(a) and (c) of Article 14 of the Rotterdam Convention.
Executive Director to give information to Australia’s designated national authority
The Executive Director must:
give Australia’s designated national authority such information of the kind mentioned in subparagraph 1(a) of Article 14 of the Rotterdam Convention as the Executive Director considers appropriate about a notified industrial chemical that was obtained during the 12 months ending on 1 February each year; and
do so as soon as practicable after that day.
Australia’s designated national authority to give information to Secretariat etc.
If information is given under subsection (2), Australia’s designated national authority must:
give the Secretariat the information; and
do so as soon as practicable after receiving the information.
Australia’s designated national authority may also give a country that is a Party to the Rotterdam Convention, or the appropriate authority of such a country, all or any of that information.
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