Industrial Chemicals (General) Amendment (Rotterdam Convention) Rules 2023
I, Ged Kearney, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following rules.
Dated 28 June 2023
Ged Kearney
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Industrial Chemicals (General) Amendment (Rotterdam Convention) Rules 2023.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 21 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019
1 After paragraph 71(2)(b)
Insert:
(ba) decabromodiphenyl ether;
2 After paragraph 71(2)(d)
Insert:
(da) perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA‑related compounds;
3 After paragraph 73(2)(b)
Insert:
(ba) decabromodiphenyl ether;
4 After paragraph 73(2)(d)
Insert:
(da) perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA‑related compounds;