Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 - REG 4C

                For paragraph (b) of the definition of polymer of low concern in section 5 of the Act, a polymer has a low charge density if:

                (a)    it is both:

                          (i)    not cationic; and

                         (ii)    not likely to become cationic in an aquatic environment that has a pH value greater than 4 and less than 9; or

               (b)    it is a solid that is:

                          (i)    not soluble or dispersible in water; and

                         (ii)    to be used only in its solid phase; or

                (c)    for a polymer that includes 1 or more cationic groups, the total combined functional group equivalent weight of any cationic group is at least 5 000.