Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00679:reg:5:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00679
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 4/6)
Character Range: 23660–26570

for the environment—has the meaning given by paragraph 6(2)(d).
internationally‑assessed for human health: see subsection 6(1).
internationally‑assessed for the environment: see subsection 6(2).
IUPAC name, for an industrial chemical, means the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry name for the industrial chemical.
known environmental degradation products, in relation to an industrial chemical, has the meaning given by the Guidelines.
known hazard classification, for an industrial chemical, has the meaning given by the Guidelines.
low cationic density: a chemical has a low cationic density if:
 (a) it is not cationic or potentially cationic; or
 (b) the chemical contains one or more cationic, or potentially cationic, groups and at least one of the following applies:
 (i) the total combined functional group equivalent weight of any cationic or potentially cationic groups is at least 5,000 g/mol;
 (ii) the chemical has a solubility in water of less than 0.1 mg/L and will only be used in its solid phase;
 (iii) the chemical is not dispersible in water and will only be used in its solid phase.
Minamata Convention means the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Minamata on 10 October 2013, as in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
monomer means a chemical that is capable of forming covalent bonds with 2 or more like or unlike molecules under the conditions of a polymer‑forming reaction used for a process of polymer formation.
monomer unit means the reacted form of a monomer in a polymer.
nanoscale means the particle size range of 1 to 100 nm.
organism means a biological entity that is:
 (a) viable; or
 (b) capable of reproduction; or
 (c) capable of transferring genetic material.
organotin chemical means a chemical that contains at least one tin atom that is covalently bound to at least one carbon atom.
overseas jurisdiction:
 (a) in relation to an industrial chemical that is internationally‑assessed for human health—has the meaning given by paragraph 6(1)(b); and
 (b) in relation to an industrial chemical that is internationally‑assessed for the environment—has the meaning given by paragraph 6(2)(b).
particle means a minute piece of matter with defined physical boundaries.
persistent, in relation to an industrial chemical or its known environmental degradation products, has the meaning given by the Guidelines.
polyhalogenated organic chemical means a chemical that:
 (a) is carbon based; and
 (b) contains more than one covalently bound bromine, chlorine, fluorine or iodine substituent.
polymer means a chemical that consists of molecules that:
 (a) are characterised by the sequence of one or more types of monomer units; and
 (b) are distributed over a range of molecular weights where the difference in molecular weights