Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00491:clause:1_56d:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00491
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 56D (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 51451–54230

56D  NRA to prepare standards

 (1) This section applies in respect of each listable chemical product, whether or not the product is the subject of a monograph in the British Pharmacopoeia or the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) or in a similar publication.

 (2) The NRA must prepare in writing a standard for each listable chemical product and must submit the standard to the Minister for his or her approval of the standard. A particular standard may relate to a specified chemical product or specified chemical products or to each chemical product in a specified class of chemical products.

 (3) The standard for a listable chemical product must require that the product be labelled in a manner, or kept in containers that comply with requirements, specified in the standard.

 (4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (3), the NRA may, in a standard, direct that the particulars required by the standard be set out, in a manner specified in the standard, on:
 (a) chemical products, or a class of chemical products, identified in the standard; or
 (b) a container containing chemical products, or a class of chemical products, identified in the standard; or
 (c) a label for containers for chemical products, or a class of chemical products, identified in the standard.

 (5) Without limiting the generality of the preceding provisions of this section, a standard for a listable chemical product:
 (a) may be specified by reference to any one or more of the following:
 (i) the composition and form of the constituents of the product;
 (ii) the physical and chemical properties of the chemical product;
 (iii) the quantity of the chemical product when contained in specified containers;
 (iv) procedures to be carried out in the manufacture of the chemical product;
 (v) a monograph in the British Pharmacopoeia or the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary);
 (vi) a monograph in another publication approved by the NRA for the purposes of this subparagraph;
 (vii) a monograph referred to in subparagraph (v) or (vi) as modified in a manner specified in the standard;
 (viii) a standard published by Standards Australia International Limited;
 (ix) such other matters as the NRA thinks fit; and
 (b) may require that a matter relating to the standard be determined in accordance with a particular test.

 (6) If the Minister decides not to approve a standard for a listable chemical product:
 (a) the Minister must inform the NRA of the reasons for the decision; and
 (b) the NRA must prepare in writing such revised standard or standards for the product as may be required until the Minister endorses his or her approval on the instrument containing the standard concerned.

 (7) If the Minister decides to approve a standard for a listable chemical product:
 (a)