Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00495:section:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00495
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 18745–21548

9  Definitions
  In this Act:
AACN (short for AICIS approved chemical name) means a name for an industrial chemical determined by the Executive Director under paragraph 108(3)(a).
administrative action means any of the following:
 (a) making a decision;
 (b) exercising any power or complying with any obligation;
 (c) doing anything else that relates to making a decision or exercising a power or complying with an obligation.
Agvet Code means the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
AICIS: see Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme.
animal test data means data or information of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition that relates to tests conducted on the following:
 (a) any live vertebrate animal (other than a human being or other animal prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph);
 (b) any animal of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
approved form means a form that is approved, in writing, by the Executive Director.
article means an object that:
 (a) is produced for use for a particular purpose, being a purpose that requires that the object have a particular shape, surface or design; and
 (b) is formed to that shape, surface or design during production; and
 (c) undergoes no change of chemical composition when used for that purpose except as an intrinsic aspect of that use;
but does not include an object of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition.
ART means the Administrative Review Tribunal.
assessment statement means a written statement issued by the Executive Director in relation to an assessment of an industrial chemical that includes the following information:
 (a) the proper name for the industrial chemical;
 (b) the end use for the industrial chemical;
 (c) the defined scope of assessment;
 (d) a summary of the assessment and any risks to human health or the environment from the introduction or use of the industrial chemical;
 (e) the means for managing any risks identified in the course of conducting the assessment, including the following:
 (i) recommendations relating to the introduction or use of the industrial chemical;
 (ii) any conditions of a kind mentioned in subsection 38(2) or 81(2);
 (iii) any specific requirements to provide information to the Executive Director as mentioned in paragraph 38(1)(d) or 81(1)(e);
 (f) any other information relating to the safe introduction and use of the industrial chemical that the Executive Director considers relevant.
Note: If an application to treat the proper name or end use for the industrial chemical as confidential business information has been approved, an AACN or generalised end use must be included in the statement instead of the