Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00679:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00679
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 15667–18498

5  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) AACN;
(b) end use;
(c) industrial chemical;
(d) manufacture;
(e) use.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.
biochemical means a biological chemical that:
 (a) is directly produced by a microscopic organism; or
 (b) is a protein or a nucleic acid.
biocidal active means an industrial chemical that is intended to act by chemical means on or against a harmful organism by destroying, deterring, rendering harmless, preventing the action of, or otherwise exerting a controlling effect on, the harmful organism.
biological chemical means an industrial chemical that:
 (a) is derived from a living or once‑living organism, without further modification; or
 (b) is produced by a living or once‑living organism, without further modification.
chemical identity holder has the meaning given by the Guidelines.
children's care product means a product that is intended to facilitate:
 (a) children's sleep, relaxation or hygiene; or
 (b) the feeding of children; or
 (c) sucking by children.
designated fluorinated chemical means an industrial chemical that contains a sequence of atoms (whether linear, branched or cyclic) to which all of the following paragraphs apply:
 (a) subject to paragraph (b), the sequence consists only of at least 4, but no more than 20, fluorinated carbon atoms, none of which are fluorinated carbon atoms that are part of conjugated double bonds;
 (b) if the sequence is broken in any place, the break consists only of a single atom or single substituted atom;
 (c) the sequence includes at least one perfluorinated methyl group (CF3) or perfluorinated methylene group (CF2).
designated kind of release into the environment has the meaning given by subclause 3(2) of Schedule 1.
eligible INCI plant extract name: the INCI name for an industrial chemical is an eligible INCI plant extract name if:
 (a) the industrial chemical is a plant extract that has not intentionally undergone any chemical processes, or treatments, to change its chemical structure; and
 (b) the INCI name is based on a botanical name for the relevant plant.
end use in an article with food contact: an industrial chemical has an end use in an article with food contact where the industrial chemical becomes part of an article that will come into contact with food, other than:
 (a) where the end use of the industrial chemical is at the non‑food contact surface of a glass or metal article; or
 (b) if the food that the article will come into contact with is rainwater—where the contact with the rainwater is transient.
environment categorisation volume, for an industrial chemical, means the environment categorisation volume for the industrial chemical worked out in accordance with the