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Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Regulations 1997
3HAmount of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals
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3H Amount of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals
For paragraphs 28(6)(a) and (b) of the Act, the method for working out the total amount of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals produced at a facility in a year is set out in the following table.
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| 1 The amount of the chemicals is the weight of the chemicals. |
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| 2 The weight of the chemicals is to be worked out accurate to within 5 percent. |
| 3 In dealing with a discrete organic chemical:(a) the only oxides of carbon compounds that are to be disregarded are carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and carbonyl sulfide; and(b) the only sulfides of carbon compounds that are to be disregarded are carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide. |
| 4 For working out the weight of the chemicals, the following chemicals are to be disregarded:(a) oligomers and polymers;(b) chemicals containing carbon and metal only. |