In addition to the requirement to produce an Annual Report
to Parliament on the operations of the Act and other external scrutiny such as
through the NICNAS IGCC, the Act also prescribes additional mandatory reporting
requirements. These are detailed in the following table along with information
on the last/next publishing date.
|
Requirement |
Last Published / Next Published |
|
Annual publication in the Chemical Gazette
of the list of chemicals which are the subject of low volume chemical permits
[Subsection 21ZA(2)]. |
List of low volume chemical permits in force at 30
June 2006 was published in the July 2007 Chemical Gazette. Number of permits issued 2006-07: 146 |
|
Annual publication in the Chemical Gazette
of a list of current and previous Priority Existing Chemicals (PECs) [Section
54]. |
A list of current and previous PECs will be
published in the September 2007 Chemical Gazette. |
|
Annual publication in the Chemical Gazette of a list of the
chemicals requiring secondary notification and a list of those no longer
requiring secondary notification [Section 71]. |
All assessments undertaken and published by NICNAS
are subject to secondary provisions. Secondary notifications are published
individually in the Chemical Gazette. A list of the chemicals no longer requiring
secondary notifications will be published in the September 2007 Chemical
Gazette. |
|
Written notice to the Gene Technology Regulator when a genetically
modified (GM) product is regulated by NICNAS
[Section 10A]. |
Number of genetically modified chemicals referred
to the Office of Gene Technology for advice: 0 |