Part of a package of six bills to establish a new national regulatory scheme for industrial chemicals, the bill:
repeals the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997, Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997 and Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—General) Act 1997;
makes consequential amendments to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994, Criminal Code Act 1995 and Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997; and
provides for transitional arrangements.
See the other five bills in the package: