Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 8 of 1990 - SECT 49

49. (1) For the purposes of deciding whether to make a recommendation under
section 48 in relation to a particular industrial chemical the Director may
give notice in the Chemical Gazette that he or she is considering making the
recommendation.

(2) The notice must be expressed to be directed to:

   (a)  all persons who introduce the chemical during the period beginning 12
        months before the date of the notice and ending 12 months after that
        date; or

   (b)  all persons who introduce the chemical during that period in specified
        circumstances; or

   (c)  specified persons who introduce the chemical during that period.

(3) The notice may be expressed to be directed to a person whom the Director
considers could have information relevant to the Director's decision.

(4) The notice must require each person to whom it is directed (in this
section called "the notifier") to provide information about the chemical,
being information available to the notifier and relevant to the
recommendation.

(5) The notice must specify a period of not less than 14 days for compliance
with it.

(6) The Director must cause a copy of the notice to be sent to each person who
is, to the Director's knowledge, a notifier and whose address is known to the
Director.

(7) A notifier must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply
with the notice.
Penalty: $6,000.