{"id":"F2022L01329","name":"Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Rules 2022","slug":"industrial-chemicals-environmental-management-register-rules-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441559,"registerId":"F2022L01329-fast-fetch-1775956832496","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Rules 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Rules 2022\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following rules.\n\nDated  28 September 2022\n\nTanya Plibersek\n\nMinister for the Environment and Water\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Specification of additional risk assessment\n\n6 Specification of additional decisions\n\n7 Specification of international agreements\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Rules 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 8 October 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: The expression relevant industrial chemical used in this instrument is defined in the Act.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021.\n\nIMAP assessment means a risk assessment (however described) carried out by the former National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme under the Inventory Multi‑tiered Assessment and Prioritisation framework.\n\nMinamata Convention means the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Kumamoto on 10 October 2013, as amended and as in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Minamata Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2022 No. 7 ([2022] ATS 7) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\nRotterdam Convention means the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade done at Rotterdam on 10 September 1998, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Rotterdam Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2004 No. 22 ([2004] ATS 22) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\nStockholm Convention means the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants done at Stockholm on 22 May 2001, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Stockholm Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2004 No. 23 ([2004] ATS 23) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n5  Specification of additional risk assessment\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of Commonwealth risk assessment in section 7 of the Act, an IMAP assessment is specified.\n\n6  Specification of additional decisions\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 11(3)(c) of the Act, the following kinds of decisions relating to a relevant industrial chemical are specified:\n\n (a) a decision to specify that the exportation, importation, manufacture or use of a product or article containing the chemical is prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances;\n\n (b) a decision to specify one or more risk management measures for a product or article containing the chemical.\n\n7  Specification of international agreements\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 15(1)(f) of the Act, the following international agreements are specified:\n\n (a) the Minamata Convention;\n\n (b) the Rotterdam Convention;\n\n (c) the Stockholm Convention.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand the Act's substantive coverage. It clarifies administrative scope by specifying that IMAP assessments qualify as Commonwealth risk assessments (s 5), by listing the kinds of ministerial risk‑management decisions available (s 6), and by naming three international conventions to be considered under the Act (s 7). Practical effects depend on how the parent Act applies those specifications."},"complexity_factors":["Short, declaratory instrument limited to specifications and listings (ss 4–7).","Relies on defined terms and substantive powers in the parent Act (e.g. 'relevant industrial chemical', 'Commonwealth risk assessment'), so interpretation requires cross‑reading the Act (see s 4 definitions and Authority s 3).","Specifies ministerial decision types that create compliance obligations for industry (s 6), concentrating regulatory discretion at decision‑making points.","Designates IMAP assessments as an accepted form of Commonwealth risk assessment (s 5), linking legacy assessment work into the new regime.","Names international agreements to be taken into account (s 7), introducing potential international‑law considerations without detailing implementation mechanisms."],"plain_english_summary":"This rulebook tells how the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021 will work in practice. It says that IMAP risk assessments count as Commonwealth risk assessments, names three international chemical treaties the Register must consider, and specifies that Ministers can prohibit or restrict exports, imports, manufacture or use of products containing a chemical or require risk‑management measures. It affects businesses that import, export, manufacture or use industrial chemicals by creating clearer regulatory triggers and compliance obligations."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument operates exactly as intended — it is a standard 'consequential' or 'machinery' instrument that fills in specific details required by the parent Act. It does not expand beyond the scope contemplated by the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021, which explicitly provides for these kinds of specifications to be made by rules."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 7 sections, approximately 2 pages)","Minimal defined terms (only 5 definitions in section 4, plus reference to defined term in parent Act)","No nested conditional logic or exceptions","Simple declarative structure ('X is specified for the purposes of Y')","No cross-references beyond pointing to specific sections of the parent Act","Straightforward incorporation of external treaties by reference"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fills the fine print of the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021: it formally recognises IMAP assessments as Commonwealth chemical risk assessments, lets regulators act not just on raw chemicals but on products/articles containing them, and formally incorporates Australia’s obligations under the Minamata, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. It affects chemical manufacturers, importers, exporters and businesses using chemicals in goods, closing a loophole where hazardous substances might otherwise evade regulation."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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