Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01345:clause:1_64
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01345
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 64
Character Range: 26540–28065

64  After subsection 21R(1)
Insert:

 (1A) A manufacturer or importer whose low volume permit in respect of a new industrial chemical is still in force may apply for the permit to be renewed if the following conditions are met:
 (a) the function or use of the chemical has not changed, and is not likely to change, significantly;
 (b) the amount of the chemical being introduced has not increased, and is not likely to increase, significantly;
 (c) in the case of a chemical that was not manufactured, or proposed to be manufactured, in Australia at the time the permit was last issued—it continues not to be manufactured in Australia;
 (d) the method of manufacture of the chemical in Australia has not changed, and is not likely to change, in a way that may result in an increased risk of an adverse effect on occupational health and safety, public health or the environment;
 (e) no additional information has become available to the manufacturer or importer as to any adverse effects of the chemical on occupational health and safety, public health or the environment;
 (f) no event prescribed for the purposes of section 64 has happened;
 (g) any conditions of the permit imposed by or under section 21W were complied with during the period of the current permit;
 (h) no changes are required to any conditions of the permit.

 (1B) A manufacturer or importer may apply for a low volume permit to be renewed any number of times.

Note: The heading to section 21R is altered by adding at the end "or renewal of permit".