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Consultation Paper 4
  • About the reforms
  • General Rules, Categorisation Guidelines and Transitional Rules
  • Using AICIS approved chemical names for protecting confidentiality
  • Assessment certificate applications under the reforms

Contents

  1. Executive summary
  2. Part 1 - About the NICNAS reforms
  3. Part 2 - Development of the implementation detail for the reforms
  4. Part 3 - Detailed overview of the proposed reforms
  5. Part 4 - Chemicals and businesses subject to NICNAS regulation
  6. Part 5 - Exempted chemical introductions
  7. Part 6 - Reported chemical introductions
  8. Part 7 - Assessed chemical introductions
  9. Part 8 - Assessment certificates
  10. Part 9 - Commercial evaluation authorisations
  11. Part 10 - The AICS
  12. Part 11 - NICNAS initiated assessments (NIAs)
  13. Part 12 - Confidential Business Information (CBI)
  14. Part 13 - Monitoring and enforcement
  15. Part 14 - Other changes
  16. Part 15 - Commencement, reforms proposed for early commencement and transitional arrangements
  17. Abbreviations
  18. Attachment A
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Consultation Paper 4

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Implementing reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

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  • Executive summary
  • Part 1 - About the NICNAS reforms
  • Part 2 - Development of the implementation detail for the reforms
  • Part 3 - Detailed overview of the proposed reforms
  • Part 4 - Chemicals and businesses subject to NICNAS regulation
  • Part 5 - Exempted chemical introductions
  • Part 6 - Reported chemical introductions
  • Part 7 - Assessed chemical introductions
  • Part 8 - Assessment certificates
  • Part 9 - Commercial evaluation authorisations
  • Part 10 - The AICS
  • Part 11 - NICNAS initiated assessments (NIAs)
  • Part 12 - Confidential Business Information (CBI)
  • Part 13 - Monitoring and enforcement
  • Part 14 - Other changes
  • Part 15 - Commencement, reforms proposed for early commencement and transitional arrangements
  • Abbreviations
  • Attachment A

Last update 4 October 2016

          
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