Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 6

             (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"chemical" includes:

                     (a)  a chemical element, including a chemical element contained in a mixture; or

                     (b)  a compound or complex of a chemical element, including such a compound or complex contained in a mixture; or

                     (c)  a UVCB substance; or

                     (d)  a naturally-occurring chemical;

but does not include:

                     (e)  an article; or

                      (f)  a radioactive chemical; or

                     (g)  a mixture.

             (2)  In this section:

"article" means an object that:

                     (a)  is manufactured for use for a particular purpose, being a purpose that requires that the object have a particular shape, surface or design; and

                     (b)  is formed to that shape, surface or design during manufacture; and

                     (c)  undergoes no change of chemical composition when used for that purpose except as an intrinsic aspect of that use;

but does not include a particle or a fluid.

"mixture" means a physical combination of chemicals resulting from deliberate mixing of those chemicals or from a chemical reaction, but does not include a UVCB substance.

"radioactive chemical" means a chemical having a specific activity greater than 35 becquerels per gram.

"UVCB substance" means:

                     (a)  a chemical of unknown or variable composition; or

                     (b)  a complex product of a chemical reaction; or

                     (c)  biological material, other than a whole animal or a whole plant.