In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989.
category A country means:
(a) a country that:
(i) is a party to the Rotterdam Convention; and
(ii) in relation to an industrial chemical mentioned in subregulation 11C(1), has provided an import response to the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat that:
(A) gives consent to the import of the industrial chemical; or
(B) gives consent to the import of the industrial chemical, subject to specified conditions; or
(b) a country that is not a party to the Rotterdam Convention.
category B country means a country that:
(a) is a party to the Rotterdam Convention; and
(b) in relation to an industrial chemical mentioned in subregulation 11C(1):
(i) has provided an import response to the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat that gives no consent to the import of the industrial chemical; or
(ii) has not provided an import response to the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat.
cationic means containing net positively charged atoms or associated groups of atoms covalently linked to its polymer molecule.
comparable agency means:
(a) the Therapeutic Goods Administration under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989; or
(b) the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994; or
(c) Food Standards Australia New Zealand under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991; or
(d) a chemicals notification and assessment scheme operating in a member country of the European Union or the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development.
Environment Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
GHS means the document called ‘Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals’, third revised edition, published by the United Nations.
high concern reactive functional group: see clause 3 of Schedule 3.
import response, for an industrial chemical mentioned in subregulation 11C(1), means:
(a) a consent to the import of the industrial chemical; or
(b) a consent to the import of the industrial chemical, subject to specified conditions; or
(c) a consent to the import of the industrial chemical during an interim period; or
(d) a consent to the import of the industrial chemical during an interim period, subject to specified conditions; or
(e) no consent to the import of the industrial chemical; or
(f) no consent to the import of the industrial chemical during an interim period.
inspection times means between 1000 hours and noon and between 1400 hours and 1600 hours on each day that is not:
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
(b) a public holiday:
(i) in the place where the Library is located; or
(ii) for the purposes of the Australian Public Service in that place.
Library means the library within the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, located at Level 7, 260 Elizabeth Street Surry Hills NSW 2010.
limited application means an application that must be accompanied by a notification statement that contains the matters stated in:
(a) Parts A and B in the Schedule to the Act; or
(b) Parts A, B and D in the Schedule to the Act.
low concern reactive functional group: see clause 1 of Schedule 3.
moderate concern reactive functional group: see clause 2 of Schedule 3.
natural waterway includes:
(a) a stream (permanent or ephemeral), river, lake, estuary or coastal water:
(i) that is natural; and
(ii) where water is present naturally or may flow through or gather; and
(b) an artificial structure including an irrigation channel, a dam, reservoir, impoundment or holding pond from which water may reach a natural waterway directly.
Rotterdam Convention means the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, done at Rotterdam on 10 September 1998, as amended by any amendment of the Convention that has entered into force for Australia.
standard application means an application that must be accompanied by a notification statement that contains the matters stated in:
(a) Parts A, B and C of the Schedule to the Act; or
(b) Parts A, B, C and D of the Schedule to the Act; or
(c) Parts A, B, C and E of the Schedule to the Act; or
(d) Parts A, B, C, D and E of the Schedule to the Act.
Stockholm Convention means the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm on 22 May 2001, as amended by any amendment of the Convention that has entered into force in Australia.
water treatment works means a sewer or similar structure where a chemical is diluted, held or treated before discharge into a natural waterway.