Industrial Chemicals Act 2019

An introduction of an industrial chemical by a person is authorised by this section if the introduction is an exempted introduction in accordance with rules made for the purposes of subsection (2).

The rules may prescribe the following:

circumstances in which an introduction of an industrial chemical is an exempted introduction;

circumstances in which an introduction of an industrial chemical is not an exempted introduction.

An exempted introduction is an industrial chemical introduction that poses a very low risk to human health and the environment.

Without limiting subsection (2), the rules may prescribe different circumstances for different industrial chemicals, or classes of industrial chemicals, and may prescribe circumstances relating to any of the following:

the hazards of the industrial chemical to human health;

the hazards of the industrial chemical to the environment;

the exposure of humans to the industrial chemical from the introduction and use of the industrial chemical;

the exposure of the environment to the industrial chemical from the introduction and use of the industrial chemical;

the volume of the industrial chemical that is introduced in a period.