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Guide to completing the ‘Hazard and exposure’ section of the pre-introduction report for ‘highest indicative risk is low risk and the other types do not apply’ in AICIS Business Services.
The human health hazard characteristics you need to consider vary and depend on your introduction’s human health exposure band.
Most of the time, to categorise correctly, you need to prove that your chemical does not have certain hazard characteristics.
You must make sure you check the human health hazard characteristic definitions and how you can prove your chemical does not have the hazard characteristics in Step 4.4 of our Categorisation Guide.
If the human health exposure band for your introduction is:
You need to tell us whether or not your chemical has any human health hazard characteristics that are known to you. If you don’t know, you’ll have to indicate that as well.
Make sure that the hazard characteristics you select are consistent with characteristics permitted for a reported introduction in your exposure band.
For example, if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 4, then you shouldn’t be selecting hazard characteristics in human health hazard bands B or C – if the chemical is known to have these characteristics, the introduction should be categorised as assessed (not reported) and you need to apply for an assessment certificate to introduce the chemical.
If you answer yes, you need to select what these are from a picklist (can be more than one):
Human health hazard band A
Human health hazard band B
Human health hazard band C
The environment hazard characteristics you need to consider vary and depend on your introduction’s environment exposure band. For more help, take a look at Step 5.4 (Work out your environment hazard characteristics) of our Categorisation Guide.
Most of the time, to categorise correctly, you need to prove that your chemical does not have certain hazard characteristics. You must make sure you check the environment hazard characteristic definitions in step 5.4 of the Categorisation Guide. This step of the Categorisation Guide also explains how you can prove your chemical does not have a hazard characteristic.
If the environment exposure band for your introduction is:
You’ll need to tell us whether or not your chemical has any environment hazard characteristics that are known to you. If you don’t know, you’ll have to indicate that as well.
If you answer yes, you need to select what these are from a picklist (can be more than one):
Environment hazard band A
Environment hazard band B
Environment hazard band C
Environment hazard band D
Select your answer: human health exposure band 1, 2, 3 or 4. This is the human health exposure band that you determined as part of working out your introduction category.
Select your answer: item number 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 for your introduction. See below for the description of each item number as set out in Schedule 1, Part 1, Clause 1(1) of the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019.
Select item number ‘1' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 1 because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘1A' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 1 because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘2' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 2 because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘3' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 2, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘4' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 3, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘5' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 3, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘6' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 4, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘7' for this question if the human health exposure band for your introduction is 4 because the introduction of your chemical involves a chemical with an end use in tattoo inks.
Select your answer: environment exposure band 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. This is the environment exposure band that you determined as part of working out your introduction category.
Select your answer: item number 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 for your introduction. See below for the description of each item number as set out in Schedule 1, Part 2, Clause 3(1) of the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019.
Select item number ‘1' for this question if the environment exposure band for your introduction is 1, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘2' for this question if the environment exposure band for your introduction is 2, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘3' for this question if the environment exposure band for your introduction is 3, because all of the following apply:
Select item number ‘4' for this question if the environment exposure band for your introduction is 4, if the introduction of your chemical involves an end use in a tattoo ink.
Select item number ‘5' for this question if the environment exposure band for your introduction is 4, because the following applies: