Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 33

                   An assessment report (other than an assessment report referred to in section 33B (self-assessment)) must include a Material Safety Data Sheet, a summary of health, safety and environmental matters considered in the assessment and such recommendations as may reasonably be made in relation to each of the following matters:

                     (a)  the precautions and restrictions to be observed during the importation, manufacture, handling, storage, use or disposal of the chemical to protect persons exposed to the chemical;

                     (b)  controls to limit emissions of the chemical into the environment, including permissible concentrations in emissions of the chemical into the air or water from a manufacturing plant or other facility;

                     (c)  the packaging, labelling, handling or storage of the chemical;

                     (d)  the measures to be employed in emergencies involving the chemical to minimise hazard to persons and damage to the environment;

                     (e)  the uses of the chemical;

                      (f)  the means of disposal of the chemical;

                     (g)  the circumstances (if any) in which secondary notification of the chemical is required;

                     (h)  any prescribed matter.