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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
60BContents of assessment reports
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#### 60B Contents of assessment reports
(1) An assessment report (whether it is a draft assessment report made under section 60C or a final assessment report made under section 60F) must include a summary of health, safety and environmental matters considered in the assessment and such recommendations as may reasonably be made in relation to each of the following matters:
(a) the content of a Safety Data Sheet in respect of the chemical;
(b) the precautions and restrictions to be observed during the importation, manufacture, handling, storage, use or disposal of the chemical to protect persons exposed to the chemical;
(c) controls to limit emissions of the chemical into the environment, including permissible concentrations in emissions of the chemical into the air or water from a manufacturing plant or other facility;
(d) the packaging, labelling, handling or storage of the chemical;
(e) the measures to be employed in emergencies involving the chemical to minimise hazard to persons and damage to the environment;
(f) the uses of the chemical;
(g) the means of disposal of the chemical;
(h) the circumstances (if any) in which secondary notification of the chemical is required;
(i) any prescribed matter.
(2) The assessment report (whether draft or final) must not contain exempt information.