Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00527:section:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00527
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 11
Character Range: 20653–23333

11  Minister may make scheduling decision for relevant industrial chemical
 (1) The Minister may make one or more scheduling decisions for a relevant industrial chemical.
 (2) If the Minister makes a scheduling decision for a relevant industrial chemical, the Minister must ensure that the decision for the chemical is recorded in the Register.
 (3) A scheduling decision for a relevant industrial chemical is any one or more of the following decisions:
 (a) a decision to list the chemical in a particular Schedule or Schedules of the Register;
 (b) a decision to specify any one or more of the following matters in relation to the chemical as so listed:
 (i) that the exportation, importation or manufacture of the chemical is prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances;
 (ii) that all or any end uses for the chemical are prohibited, or restricted, in all circumstances or in specified circumstances;
 (iii) one or more end uses for the chemical;
 (iv) one or more risk management measures for the chemical or for any specified end uses for the chemical;
 (c) a decision relating to the chemical that is of a kind specified in the rules.
Note: Subsection 14(2) requires the Minister to specify a generalised end use for an industrial chemical in certain circumstances.
 (4) For the purposes of listing a relevant industrial chemical in a Schedule of the Register, the Minister may identify the chemical:
 (a) in a single way; or
 (b) in 2 or more ways.
Note 1: The Minister may, for example, identify the relevant industrial chemical by specifying all or any of the following:
(a) the CAS name for the chemical;
(b) the CAS number for the chemical;
(c) the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for the chemical;
(d) the molecular formula of the chemical.
Note 2: Subsection 14(1) requires the Minister to identify an industrial chemical by specifying an AACN for the chemical in certain circumstances.
 (5) The Minister may decide to list a particular industrial chemical in a Schedule of the Register even if it is included in a particular class of industrial chemicals that is listed in that Schedule or another Schedule of the Register.
 (6) A risk management measure specified by the Minister may:
 (a) prohibit or restrict particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
 (b) require particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
 (c) impose an obligation in relation to particular conduct or things in all circumstances or in specified circumstances; or
 (d) apply from or until a particular day or for a particular period.