Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 10A

             (1)  This section applies to the following:

                     (a)  an assessment of an industrial chemical that is, or contains, a GM product;

                     (b)  an application for a permit (however described) in relation to an industrial chemical that is, or contains, a GM product.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (5), the Director must give written notice to the Gene Technology Regulator:

                     (a)  stating that the assessment is to be undertaken, or that the application for the permit has been made, as the case requires; and

                     (b)  requesting the Gene Technology Regulator to give advice about the assessment or the application for the permit.

             (3)  If the Director gives the Gene Technology Regulator a notice under subsection (2), the Gene Technology Regulator may give written advice to the Director about the assessment or the application.

             (4)  The advice is to be given within the period specified in the notice.

             (5)  If an advice from the Gene Technology Regulator is in force under section 10B in relation to a class of GM products, the Director is not required to notify the Regulator under this section in relation to:

                     (a)  an assessment of an industrial chemical that is or contains a GM product belonging to that class; or

                     (b)  an application for a permit in respect of an industrial chemical that is or contains a GM product belonging to that class.