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

Statutory Rules 1997No. 181 1

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Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations2 (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 30 June 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER REITH

Minister 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 13 (Fees)

2.1   Paragraph 13 (2) (a):

Omit “$6,700;”, substitute “$11,700;”.

2.2   Paragraph 13 (2) (b):

Omit “$5,600;”, substitute “$9,800;”.

2.3   Paragraph 13 (2) (c):

Omit “$2,500.”, substitute “$3,300.”.

2.4   Paragraph 13 (3) (a):

Omit $4,000;”, substitute “$7,200;”.

2.5   Paragraph 13 (3) (b):

Omit “$1,000.”, substitute “$5,800.”.

3.   Regulation 14 (Payment of other fees)

3.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

When must fees be paid

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

 “(2) A fee prescribed by paragraph 13 (2) (a) or 13 (2) (b) must be paid in instalments as follows:

• (a)

  the applicant must pay a first instalment of $500 when the application is given to the Director; and

• (b)

  the applicant must pay a second instalment, of an amount that equals the balance of the prescribed fee, before the end of 7 days after the day on which the Director advises the applicant that the application and the accompanying notification statement are complete for the purpose of assessment.”.

4.   Schedule 2 (Fees)

4.1   Omit items 3B and 4.

4.2   The Schedule is further amended in accordance with the following table:

TABLE

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Omit from item	Column 3 Substitute
Item 1	1,500	1,000
Item 2	250	500
Item 3A	1,000	2,600
Item 5	500	1,000
Item 7	3,000	6,300
Item 10	4,000	7,000
Item 11	3,000	5,200
Item 14	3,500	7,200
Item 15	1,000	2,600

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1990 No. 231 as amended by 1990 No. 440; 1991 No. 165; 1992 Nos. 29, 245 and 282; 1993 No. 35; 1994 Nos. 21, 320, 368 and 454; 1995 Nos. 81 and 358.