Poisons Standard 2013
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UNIFORM PAINT STANDARD
This Appendix provides regulations for adoption by the States and Territories.
- A person must not manufacture, sell, supply or use a First Schedule Paint for application to:
(1) a roof or any surface to be used for the collection or storage of potable water; or
(2) furniture; or
(3) any fence, wall, post, gate or building (interior or exterior) other than a building which is used exclusively for industrial purposes or mining or any oil terminal; or
(4) any premises used for the manufacture, processing, preparation, packing or serving of products intended for human or animal consumption.
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A person must not manufacture, sell, supply or use a Third Schedule paint.
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A person must not manufacture, sell, supply or use a paint for application to toys unless the paint complies with the specification for coating materials contained in Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2012 entitled Safety of toys Part 3: Migration of certain elements (ISO 8124-03:2010, MOD).
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A person must not manufacture, sell, supply, or use a paint containing a pesticide except a fungicide, algicide, bactericide or antifouling agent.
The First Schedule
The proportion of a substance for the purposes of this Schedule is calculated as a percentage of the element present in the non-volatile content of the paint.
Substance Proportion
ANTIMONY or antimony compounds other than more than 5 per cent
antimony titanate pigments
BARIUM salts except barium sulfate or barium metaborate more than 5 per cent
CADMIUM or cadmium compounds more than 0.1 per cent
CHROMIUM as chromates of ammonia, barium, potassium, more than 5 per cent
sodium, strontium or zinc
SELENIUM or selenium compounds more than 0.1 per cent
The Second Schedule
Substance Proportion
CHROMIUM as chromates of ammonia, more than 5 per cent
barium, calcium, iron, potassium, sodium,
strontium or zinc
DICHLOROMETHANE (methylene chloride) more than 5 per cent by wt
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOALKYL ETHERS and their acetates more than 10 per cent by vol
HEXYLOXYETHANOL more than 10 per cent by vol
TOLUENE more than 50 per cent by vol
XYLENE more than 50 per cent by vol
The Third Schedule
The proportion of a substance for the purposes of this Schedule is calculated as a percentage of the element present in the non-volatile content of the paint.