Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00413:reg:5:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00413
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 6/23)
Character Range: 15506–18514

chemical. The product identifier must be the same as that listed in the safety data sheet, and may be identical to the trade name.

A label must identify those ingredients, including their proportions, which contribute to the overall hazard class and hazard category of the hazardous chemical in accordance with Schedule 8 of the WHS Regulations. Disclosure of ingredient names is not required for ingredients that meet only physicochemical and/or environmental hazard classifications.
For pure substances, the identity of an ingredient can be identical to the product identifier.

The identity of a hazardous ingredient must be disclosed on a label using its chemical identity, unless the use of a generic name is permitted. The chemical identity of the hazardous ingredient can be disclosed by any of the following:
    * the IUPAC name
    * the CAS name
    * the technical name (if different from the IUPAC or CAS name), which must be generally used
      in commerce, regulations and codes to identify a substance or mixture, and recognised by the scientific community.
Note: Trade names are not acceptable as technical names.
  A generic name may be used to describe a hazardous ingredient if:
    * the identity of the ingredient is commercially confidential, and
    * an exposure standard has not been established for the ingredient, and
    * the hazardous ingredient meets the criteria for any of the following GHS hazard classes
      and categories, and no other GHS health hazard classes and categories:
          + acute toxicity – Category 4 (oral, dermal, inhalation)
          + aspiration hazard – Category 1
          + serious eye damage/ eye irritation – Category 2A
          + skin corrosion/irritation – Category 2
          + specific target organ toxicity (single exposure) – Category 3.
A guide for selecting generic names for ingredients is included in Appendix C of this Code.

For complex mixtures
The identity of all hazardous ingredients in a complex mixture must be determined so far as
is reasonably practicable. In some situations it may be difficult to identify individual ingredients
for example in natural products or extracts where the chemical composition of the mixture may vary according to the source. In these circumstances, technical names may be used to identify hazardous ingredients.
The ingredient and formulation details for hazardous complex mixtures must include as much information as possible. Chemical families or sub-families should be distinguished wherever possible. Chemical sub-families that may be used to represent a mixture of ingredients in complex mixtures include aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic alcohols, aliphatic aldehydes and silicates.

Disclosing proportions of ingredients
The proportion of a disclosed ingredient, expressed as a weight or volume percentage of the hazardous chemicals must be described as an exact proportion, unless the exact concentration
of an ingredient is commercially confidential. For