Summary
Part of a package of six bills to establish a new national regulatory scheme for industrial chemicals, the bill: repeals the
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
,
Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997
,
Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997
and
Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—General) Act 1997
; makes consequential amendments to the
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994
,
Criminal Code Act 1995
and
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997
; and provides for transitional arrangements.