Minister may make scheduling decision for relevant industrial chemical
11 Minister may make scheduling decision for relevant industrial chemical
The Minister may make one or more scheduling decisions for a relevant industrial chemical.
If the Minister makes a scheduling decision for a relevant industrial chemical, the Minister must ensure that the decision for the chemical is recorded in the Register.
A scheduling decision for a relevant industrial chemical is any one or more of the following decisions:
a decision to list the chemical in a particular Schedule or Schedules of the Register;
a decision to specify any one or more of the following matters in relation to the chemical as so listed:
that the exportation, importation or manufacture of the chemical is prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances;
that all or any end uses for the chemical are prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances;
one or more end uses for the chemical;
one or more risk management measures for the chemical or for any specified end uses for the chemical;
a decision relating to the chemical that is of a kind specified in the rules.
Subsection 14(2) requires the Minister to specify a generalised end use for an industrial chemical in certain circumstances.
For the purposes of listing a relevant industrial chemical in a Schedule of the Register, the Minister may identify the chemical:
in a single way; or
in 2 or more ways.
The Minister may, for example, identify the relevant industrial chemical by specifying all or any of the following:
the CAS name for the chemical;
the CAS number for the chemical;
the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for the chemical;
the molecular formula of the chemical.
Subsection 14(1) requires the Minister to identify an industrial chemical by specifying an AACN for the chemical in certain circumstances.
The Minister may decide to list a particular industrial chemical in a Schedule of the Register even if it is included in a particular class of industrial chemicals that is listed in that Schedule or another Schedule of the Register.
A risk management measure specified by the Minister may:
prohibit or restrict particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
require particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
impose an obligation in relation to particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
apply from or until a particular day or for a particular period.
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