What is a relevant industrial chemical?
Last update 17 August 2017
Relevant industrial chemicals are defined by exclusion of other types of chemicals. We do not have a list of relevant industrial chemicals. However, a chemical is not a relevant industrial chemical if it is:
- a naturally-occurring chemical
- biological material
- an incidentally-produced chemical
- a reaction intermediate, or
- a chemical intended for an excluded use, meaning it is used solely as:
- an agricultural chemical
- a veterinary chemical
- a medicine or therapeutic, or
- a food or food additive.
If you import and/or manufacture relevant industrial chemicals for commercial purposes, you must register your business with NICNAS.
It is also important to understand how we define a chemical.