11Minister may make scheduling decision for relevant industrial chemical

11 Minister may make scheduling decision for relevant industrial chemical

(1) The Minister may make one or more scheduling decisions for a relevant industrial chemical. (2) 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. (3) A scheduling decision for a relevant industrial chemical is any one or more of the following decisions: (a) a decision to list the chemical in a particular Schedule or Schedules of the Register; (b) a decision to specify any one or more of the following matters in relation to the chemical as so listed: (i) that the exportation, importation or manufacture of the chemical is prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; (ii) that all or any end uses for the chemical are prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; (iii) one or more end uses for the chemical; (iv) one or more risk management measures for the chemical or for any specified end uses for the chemical; (c) a decision relating to the chemical that is of a kind specified in the rules.

Note: Subsection 14(2) requires the Minister to specify a generalised end use for an industrial chemical in certain circumstances.

(4) For the purposes of listing a relevant industrial chemical in a Schedule of the Register, the Minister may identify the chemical: (a) in a single way; or (b) in 2 or more ways.

Note 1: The Minister may, for example, identify the relevant industrial chemical by specifying all or any of the following:

(a) the CAS name for the chemical;
(b) the CAS number for the chemical;
(c) the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for the chemical;
(d) the molecular formula of the chemical.

Note 2: Subsection 14(1) requires the Minister to identify an industrial chemical by specifying an AACN for the chemical in certain circumstances.

(5) 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. (6) A risk management measure specified by the Minister may: (a) prohibit or restrict particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or (b) require particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or (c) impose an obligation in relation to particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or (d) apply from or until a particular day or for a particular period.