Second Reading Speeches

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012

Type
Government
Portfolio
Health and Ageing
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
to: increase the tier structure for annual registration charges from three to four; decrease the threshold above which registration charges will be paid from $500 000 to $100 000; introduce an application fee for businesses seeking authorisation to import or export industrial chemicals under the prior informed consent procedure; remove a redundant fee for certain applications relating to the listing of chemicals on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and make technical amendments; and
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
to make technical amendments.

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