Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1992

No. 282 1

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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989.

 Dated 1 September 1992.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

R. McMULLAN

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Industrial Relations

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s.48.]

2.   Regulation 14 (Reduction of fees)

2.1   After subregulation 14 (3), insert:

 “(3a) As soon as practicable after receiving the applications, the Director must tell the applicant in writing:

• (a)

  whether the Director has reduced the fee for each of the applications; and

• (b)

  of the amount of the fee for each of the applications.”.

3.   Regulation 16 (Payment of fees)

3.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

When must a fee be paid?

“16.

(1)  Subject to subregulation (2), a fee prescribed under regulation 13 must be paid at the time at which the application, statement, nomination or notification to which it relates is lodged.

“(2)

In the case of 2 or more applications under section 55 of the Act, the fee for each of the applications must be paid no later than 14 days after the day on which the Director tells the applicant of the amount of the fee under subregulation 14 (3a).”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 September 1992.

2. Statutory Rules 1990 No. 231 as amended by 1990 No. 440; 1991 No. 165; 1992 Nos. 29 and 245.