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that Division; and
 (ii) compensation for providers of information;
 (b) the identification of options for addressing any identified problems and for collaboratively generating information, including the following options:
 (i) the task force approach adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
 (ii) other relevant approaches used in comparable markets outside Australia;
 (iii)  other options to reduce the need for the generation and provision of information;
 (c) an analysis of the costs and benefits of identified options for addressing problems, including an analysis of the impacts of the options on:
 (i) different sectors of the chemical industry and user industries; and
 (ii) the availability, and safe use, of chemical products;
 (d) the making of recommendations, relating to matters within the APVMA's functions and powers, for preferred options to address any identified problems.

Persons conducting review
 (3) At least one of the persons conducting the review must not be otherwise appointed, employed or engaged in an ongoing capacity by the Commonwealth.

Use of external expertise
 (4) The persons conducting the review may draw on external expertise where necessary for the review.

Public consultation
 (5) The review must involve the publication of a public consultation document in relation to the review that includes a request for submissions in relation to the review from members of the public.
 (6) Submissions received in relation to the review must be:
 (a) considered by the persons conducting the review; and
 (b) made public, unless the person making the submission has requested that the submission, or a part of the submission, be kept confidential.

Time for completion of review
 (7) The review must be completed, and a written report of the review given to the Minister, no later than 30 June 2019.

Review report and response
 (8) The Minister must ensure that the report of the review is published on the Department's website within 6 weeks of receiving the report.
 (9) The Minister must ensure that the Minister's response to the report of the review is published on the Department's website within 3 months of receiving the report.

Part 5—Application, saving and transitional provisions

Division 1—Amendments made by the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021

5.05  Amendments made by the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021

Application of amendments
 (1) The amendments of these Regulations made by the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 apply in relation to the following:
 (a) the importation into, export from, or manufacture in, Australia of mercury or mercury‑added products on or after the commencement of that instrument (whether any application for permission to do so was made before, on or after that commencement);
 (b) the export of research mercury from Australia on or after the commencement