7Specified classes of introductions

7 Specified classes of introductions

(1) An introduction of an industrial chemical is a specified class of introduction if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies to the introduction. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection applies to the following classes of introductions: (a) introductions of an industrial chemical that: (i) is a gas; and (ii) is persistent; (b) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a highly branched organic chemical; (c) introductions of an industrial chemical for an end use as a biocidal active; (d) introductions of an industrial chemical that involve a designated kind of release into the environment.

Note 1: For the definition of persistent, see section 5.

Note 2: For when the introduction of an industrial chemical involves a designated kind of release into the environment, see subclause 3(2) of Schedule 1.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection applies to the following classes of introductions: (a) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a biochemical; (b) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a GM product; (c) introductions of an industrial chemical that: (i) is a solid, or is in a dispersion, at the time of introduction; and (ii) consists of solid particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or agglomerate, where at least 50% (by number size distribution) of the particles have at least one external dimension in the nanoscale; (d) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a polyhalogenated organic chemical; (e) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a designated fluorinated chemical. (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection applies to the following classes of introductions: (a) introductions of an industrial chemical that is a UV filter; (b) introductions of an industrial chemical for an end use in an article with food contact; (d) introductions of an industrial chemical for an end use in tattoo ink; (e) introductions of an industrial chemical for an end use in an article that is a children’s toy or a children’s care product.

Note: For the definition of end use in an article with food contact, see section 5.