Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 11

             (1)  The Director must keep the inventory known as the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances.

             (2)  The Inventory must be kept in the prescribed form at such place as the Director directs, and may be kept by electronic means.

             (3)  If a chemical is included in the Inventory, the chemical may be imported into Australia, or manufactured in Australia, without obtaining an assessment certificate or permit.

             (4)  However, if the importation or manufacture of the chemical is subject to a condition included in the Inventory under section 13, the chemical may only be imported or manufactured without obtaining an assessment certificate or permit if the importation or manufacture is in accordance with the condition.

Note:          Subsections (3) and (4) are not intended to be an exhaustive description of the effects or consequences of including a chemical, or a condition on the importation or manufacture of a chemical, in the Inventory. There may be other consequences, express or implied, because of other provisions of the Act.