Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 60F

             (1)  If, within 28 days of the publication of the notice under subsection 60E(1), no person has asked the Director to vary the draft report, the Director must prepare a final assessment report, and, for that purpose, the draft assessment report, incorporating any corrections made under subsection 60D(2), constitutes the final assessment report.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), if, within 28 days of the publication of the notice under subsection 60E(1), the Director has been requested to vary the draft assessment report, the Director must, as soon as practicable after the Director has made a decision under section 60E concerning the request or concerning each such request, prepare a final assessment report incorporating:

                     (a)  any corrections made under subsection 60D(2); and

                     (b)  any variations made in respect of the request or requests.

             (3)  The Director must delay preparation of the final assessment report under subsection (2):

                     (a)  for 28 days after publishing under subsection 60E(6) the notice, or the last notice, concerning a decision under subsection 60E(5); or

                     (b)  if a person applies to the Tribunal under section 102 for review of such a decision before the end of that period--until the application for review is finalised.

             (7)  The Director must publish the final assessment report by:

                     (a)  giving a copy of it to any prescribed authorities of the Commonwealth, the States or the Territories; and

                     (b)  giving a copy of it to such other persons (if any) as the Minister directs; and

                     (c)  publishing the report on the website maintained for the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme by the Department; and

                     (d)  publishing a notice in the Chemical Gazette stating that the report is available as mentioned in paragraph (c).

             (8)  The Director may publish the final assessment report in such other ways as the Director considers appropriate.