{"id":"C2004L06647","name":"Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Act 2004 - Proclamation (05/08/2004)","slug":"industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28296,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06647-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Act 2004 - Proclamation (05/08/2004)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nIndustrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Act 2004\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Act 2004, fix 9 August 2004 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 5 August 2004\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nTRISH WORTH\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1516},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing its procedural function of fixing a start date for previously enacted legislation. It does not alter the substantive scope or policy intent of the underlying amending Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","Only one cross-reference to the parent Act (subsection 2(1))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal proclamation that activates part of Australia's industrial chemical safety laws. It sets **9 August 2004** as the start date for Schedule 1 of the *Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Act 2004*.\n\n**What this does:**\n- It brings into force amendments that create a streamlined approval process for \"low regulatory concern chemicals\" (industrial substances considered low-risk to human health and the environment).\n- This official notice is required to \"switch on\" the legislative changes, allowing the new regulatory framework to operate from the specified date.\n- The Governor-General exercises this power under a specific provision in the amending Act that allows flexible commencement dates."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004","history":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-notification-and-assessment-amendment-low-regulatory-concern-chemicals-act-2004/documents"}}