Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 31B

Time periods for applications for self-assessed assessment certificates under section 23A

             (1)  An assessment of an application under section 23A is to be made and either:

                     (a)  the assessment report and the public report completed; or

                     (b)  a notice given under subsection 33C(2) ;

within:

                     (c)  if a notice or notices requiring additional information were given under section 27-- 28 days after the day on which the information was provided; and

                     (d)  otherwise--28 days after the day on which the application was made.

Note:          The Minister may extend the 28 day period under subsection (3).

Time periods to exclude time taken to provide requested information

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  the applicant for the assessment certificate also applies under section 30A for a permit to introduce the chemical before the assessment report is complete; and

                     (b)  the Director requests further information to be given by the applicant under subsection 30A(6);

then, the period starting on the date of that request and ending when the further information is received is not to be taken into account in determining the period of 28 days referred to in subsection (1).

Minister may extend time period

             (3)  If it is not reasonably practicable for subsection (1) to be complied with within the period, the Minister may extend the period by up to 28 days.

             (4)  The Minister must immediately notify the applicant of any extension under subsection (3).

Deemed refusal of application for self-assessed assessment certificate

             (5)  An application for a self-assessed assessment certificate is taken to have been refused if subsection (1) is not complied with within the period required by this section.