About NICNAS

Established in 1990, NICNAS:

• Provides a national notification and assessment scheme to protect the health of the public, workers and the environment from the harmful effect of industrial chemicals; and

• Assesses all chemicals new to Australia and assesses those chemicals already used (existing chemicals) on a priority basis, in response to concerns about their safety on health and environmental grounds.

We are committed to increasing knowledge about chemicals and chemical safety through:

• More than 2,700 scientific assessment reports that contain safety recommendations for the handling and labelling of the chemical

• The Chemical Gazette which we publish electronically every month; and

• The Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) which lists more than 40,000 chemicals.

The Australian Government regulates industrial chemicals under:

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989; and

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations 1990.

NICNAS is located in the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

More information

• Our Approach;

• Better Regulation of Industrial Chemicals - 2011 Review
• Service Charter;
• Business and Regulatory Plans/Statements of Expectations and Intent;
• Advisory Groups;
• Cost Recovery
• Online Action Plan;
• Recruitment;
• FAQ's;

• NICNAS Organisation Chart (PDF 127 Kb)

• About NICNAS (PDF 3.05 Mb)

• Information Publication Scheme.