Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 8 of 1990 - SECT 6

6. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"chemical" includes:

   (a)  a chemical element, including a chemical element contained in a
        mixture; or

   (b)  a compound or complex of a chemical element, including such a compound
        or complex contained in a mixture; or

   (c)  a UVCB substance; or

   (d)  a naturally-occurring chemical; but does not include:

   (e)  an article; or

   (f)  a radioactive chemical; or

   (g)  a mixture.

(2) In this section:

"article" means an object that:

   (a)  is manufactured for use for a particular purpose, being a purpose that
        requires that the object have a particular shape, surface or design;
        and

   (b)  is formed to that shape, surface or design during manufacture; and

   (c)  undergoes no change of chemical composition when used for that purpose
        except as an intrinsic aspect of that use; but does not include a
        particle or a fluid;

"mixture" means a physical combination of chemicals resulting from deliberate
mixing of those chemicals or from a chemical reaction, but does not include a
UVCB substance;

"radioactive chemical" means a chemical having a specific activity greater
than 35 becquerels per gram;

"UVCB substance" means:

   (a)  a chemical of unknown or variable composition; or

   (b)  a complex product of a chemical reaction; or

   (c)  biological material, other than a whole animal or a whole plant.