New NICNAS legislation (08 Jul 2011)
The Australian Parliament has made important changes to the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and
Assessment) Act 1989 (the Act) and the Schedule to the Act, that commenced on 27 September 2011.
NICNAS is changing its processes to implement the changes to the Act – these are described below.
In summary, the changes to the Act:
- provide legislative underpinning for completion of the cosmetic regulatory reforms by providing the
Director, NICNAS with the discretion to add to the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS)
chemicals that are transferred to the industrial chemicals framework, under certain circumstances,
eg. cosmetic ingredients in products previously regulated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
- formalise notification and assessment data requirements for ultra-violet (UV) filters in secondary
sunscreen products which have been in place since 7 October 2008
- remove the need to prepare and publish summary assessment reports, and
- amend some data requirements in the Schedule to the Act in accordance with international best practice.
Details of New NICNAS legislation available to subscribers
from the download
center and currently on Australian Government
website.
