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Corrections and notable updates we've made to our website content.
2024
| Date | Page | Update |
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| 26 November 2024 | Cost Recovery Implementation Statement 2024-25 | Updated financial and non-financial performance for the 2023-24 year (sections 6 and 7). Table 24, section 6: Corrected actuals for 2021-22 and 2022-23, the 2023-24 forecasts has been replaced with actuals and updated the cumulative balance estimates for the current year 2024-25 and future years. Updated table 25 with 2023-24 financial actuals (section 6) and table 26 with 2023-24 non-financial performance. There are no changes to fees and charges in this update. |
| 13 September 2024 | Step 2: Introductions that are categorised as exempted Step 3: Introductions that are categorised as reported | In the R&D criteria in step 2.2 and 3.3: replace '...demonstrate that your chemical is not introduced as a solid or in a dispersion' with '...demonstrate that all quantities of your chemical are not introduced as a solid or in a dispersion'. |
| 6 September 2024 | Record keeping for exempted introductions – chemicals resulting from non-functionalised surface treatment of listed chemicals | Removed the following two bullet points under 'Nanoscale - records to demonstrate one of the following':
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| 18 July 2024 | Apply for annual authorisation - Rotterdam Convention | Added tetraethyl lead CAS 78-00-2 to the 'List of chemicals subject to import conditions' which had been omitted in error. |
| 1 July 2024 |
*Note changes to the Guide to categorising your chemical importation and manufacture have been noted in the version history of that guide. | All references and requirements related to 'personal vaporiser' removed. The use of chemicals in vaping goods, or as vaping goods, are not an industrial use from 1 July. |
2023
| Date | Page | Update |
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| 1 November 2023 | Internationally-assessed reported introductions | Minor changes to content to clarify when we may decide to publish certain information about internationally-assessed reported introductions. |
| 25 August 2023 | Soap making and importing | Added a table of oils and lyes commonly used to make soap together with their CAS numbers and CAS names. Added some examples about Inventory search results. |
| 23 August 2023 | How much is my registration cost? | Added new calculators to help determine introduction level and registration charges. |
| 23 August 2023 | How we are funded | Updated page to include new 2023-24 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement. |
| 23 August 2023 | Fees and charges | Updated registration charges to reflect 2023-24 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement. |
| 27 July 2023 | Soap making and importing | Clarified that for soaps made using saponification, the introducer must search for the soap on the Inventory, not the starting ingredients used to make the soap. |
| 21 July 2023 | Page not found | Help text added to explain why the URL and content no longer exists. |
| 15 May 2023 | Freedom of information | Updated 'Where can I read FOI disclosures?'. |
| 12 May 2023 | Use of animal test data | Information added about statistics on the use of animal test data. |
| 11 April 2023 | Glossary | Definition for 'manufacture an industrial chemical' Examples added including information about what a 'chemical reaction' is. |
| 24 February 2023 | Glossary | Definition for 'small business' Definition for 'medium to large business' |
2022
| Date | Page | Update |
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| 30 November 2022 | Cost Recovery Implementation Statement 2022-23 | Updated financial and non-financial performance for the 2020-21 year (sections 5 and 6). Updated the cumulative balance estimates for the current year 2022-23 and future years (table 4, section 4). There are no changes to fees and charges in this update. |
| 25 November 2022 | Pre-introduction report: introductions of 10 kg or less | A new page with guidance to help introducers complete a pre-introduction report for introductions of 10 kg or less, reported category. |
| Record-keeping obligations for Inventory-listed chemicals | Updates to page content to add new information about records an introducer can keep for low-volume introductions of 10 kg or less in a year, in the 'listed' category. | |
| Record-keeping obligations for reported introductions of 10 kg or less | A new page setting out records an introducer must keep for low volume introductions of 10 kg or less in a year, in the 'reported' category. | |
6 October 2022
5 October 2022 | Record-keeping for reported introductions - internationally assessed |
To correct an error on these pages under the sub-heading 'Nanoscale – records to prove one of the following' Original text:
Corrected text:
The word 'not' has been removed. |
| Record-keeping for reported introductions - highest indicative risk is low risk | ||
| 15 September 2022 | Step 2 - Introductions that are automatically categorised as exempted Step 3 - Introductions that are automatically categorised as reported | Minor changes made to remove the word 'automatically' from both headings and in the text on each page. Removing the word 'automatically' helps to clarify to an introducer that steps and criteria must be followed. |
| 8 September 2022 | Search industrial chemicals Inventory | Added 'Download the Inventory' section with downloadable spreadsheet of Inventory as at 1 September 2022. |
| 1 September 2022 | Transition from NICNAS to AICIS | Change to clarify that transition period has not been extended and administrative arrangements for listed introductions remain in place until 30 November 2023. Original: 1. Listed introductions - transition period extended The transition period that was to end on 31 August 2022 has been extended to 30 November 2023 for introductions where the chemical is listed on the Inventory and the introducer doesn’t know the identity of the chemical. Revised: 1. Listed introductions - administrative arrangement extended If you introduced an Inventory-listed chemical under NICNAS and don't know the chemical identity – the administrative arrangement that commenced on 8 December 2021 will continue to apply until 30 November 2023. |
| 31 August 2022 | Transition from NICNAS to AICIS | Updates to describe requirements that apply from 1 September 2022 following the end of the NICNAS to AICIS transition period. |
| 30 August 2022 | Organic and natural ingredients | Added more examples of extraction processes that cause a chemical change. |
| 19 August 2022 | How to register? | Updated instances when you need to register (to clarify that importers and manufacturers must register if they intend to sell products that contain industrial chemicals commercially) |
| 25 July 2022 | Apply for annual import authorisation - Rotterdam Convention Apply for annual export authorisation - Rotterdam Convention | Updated instructions on how to apply to import or export for different categories/scenarios. |
| July 2022 | Record-keeping obligations for exempted introductions | Updates to page content and record-keeping checklists for all types of exempted introductions on chemical identity and introduction requirements, including use and exposure. |
| 29 April 2022 | Pre-introduction report - highest indicative risk is low risk Pre-introduction report - low-risk flavour or fragrance blend Pre-introduction report - internationally assessed Pre-introduction report - research and development Varying your pre-introduction report | Added guidance to explain when we will accept (in limited circumstances) an International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI) name as the chemical's 'proper name' in pre-introduction reports (reported category). |
| 29 April 2022 | Record-keeping obligations for exempted introductions | Updates to page content and record-keeping checklists for all types of exempted introductions to reflect changes made to the Industrial Chemicals (General Rules) 2019. |
| 29 April 2022 | Record- keeping obligations for reported introductions | Updates to page content and record-keeping checklists for all types of reported introductions to reflect changes made to the Industrial Chemicals (General Rules) 2019. |
| 8 April 2022 | Foreign companies and chemical data providers | Added guidance for about providing information in an AICIS application and instructions for creating an AICIS business ID as a registrant or information provider. |
| 10 March 2022 | Search industrial chemicals inventory | Added 'Download the Inventory' section with downloadable spreadsheet of Inventory as at 10 February 2022. |
| 7 March 2022 | Banned or restricted chemicals | Updated to include information about new restrictions on the import and export of mercury under the Minamata Convention. |
| 3 March 2022 | Record keeping for reported introductions - highest indicative risk is low risk | Updated to add a revised record-keeping checklist for this type of introduction that reflects changes made to the Industrial Chemicals (General Rules) 2019. |
| 14 February 2022 | Become a confidence holder of an approved confidential business information (CBI) | Updated to reiterate that the page content only refers to applications for confidentially listed chemicals that were on the former NICNAS Inventory. |
| 3 February 2022 | Categorisation of polymers | Updated example under 'Post-introduction declarations for exempted introductions'. |
2021
| Date | Page | Update |
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| 10 December 2021 |
Record keeping for exempted introductions – highest indicative risk is very low Record keeping for reported introductions – highest indicative risk is very low Categorisation of chemicals that are intentionally released to the environment during use Categorisation of chemicals with an end use offshore |
For 'introductions that involve a designated kind of release into the environment':
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| 10 December 2021 | Pre-introduction report - research and development | Added requirement to provide information about whether you know that the chemical consists of particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or agglomerate, where at least 50% (by number size distribution) of the particles have at least one external dimension in the nanoscale |
| 8 December 2021 | Transition from NICNAS to AICIS | Updated information about record-keeping obligations for Inventory-listed introductions started under NICNAS. |
| December 2021 | 2021-22 AICIS Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) - updated December 2021 |
Updated financial and non-financial performance for the 2020-21 year (sections 5 & 6); updated the cumulative balance estimates for the current year (2021-22) and future years (table 4, section 4). There are no changes to fees and charges in this update. |
| 23 November 2021 |
Categorisation of chemicals that are intentionally released to the environment during use Glossary: Designated kind of release to the environment |
Clarified that a chemical with an end use in air fresheners is no longer a 'designated kind of release into the environment' |
| 23 November 2021 | Chemicals listed in the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions |
Added this paragraph: 'This applies unless your chemical is both of the following:
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| 23 November 2021 |
Apply for annual export authorisation - Rotterdam Convention |
Deleted 'export authorisation #6 - an Australian business exporting a banned or severely restricted chemical in circumstances where the industrial use is out of scope as detailed in Article 3(2)(h)(i and ii) of the Rotterdam Convention' |
| 23 November 2021 |
Apply for annual import authorisation - Rotterdam Convention |
Deleted the 2 import authorisation scenarios. |
| 23 November 2021 | Record keeping for reported introductions - internationally assessed |
Added words shown in bold text: 'Records to prove the total volume of your chemical introduced in a registration year does not exceed the volume stated in your pre-introduction report as the maximum volume you intended to introduce and does not exceed the volume of the chemical assessed in the international assessment or evaluation' |
| 23 November 2021 |
Categorisation of biochemicals Categorisation of genetically modified products Categorisation of chemicals with end use in an article with food contact Categorisation of chemicals with an end use in articles that are children's toys or children's care products Record keeping for exempted introductions - highest indicative risk is very low Record keeping for reported introductions - internationally assessed Record keeping for reported introductions – highest indicative risk is low |
Added sentence about obligation to keep written undertaking if the introducer does not have the required information. |
| 23 November 2021 |
Record-keeping obligations for Inventory-listed chemicals |
Added timeframe of '40 working days' to provide written undertaking if introducer does not know the chemicals' CAS number or name; added extra option for the chemical identity record that the introducer can keep if they don't know the CAS name or number – names by the which the chemical is known to the person or the names of all products containing the chemical that are imported into Australia by the person. |
| 23 November 2021 |
Categorisation of chemicals at the nanoscale Categorisation of chemicals introduced for research and development Record keeping for reported introductions - research and development Decision tool – work out if your introduction is medium to high risk for human health |
Update: clarified the nanoscale criteria |
| 7 October 2021 | Difference between blending and manufacturing chemicals | Update: Added example 4. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to add a person to be covered or removed by a certificate | Update: Added 'Before you apply' section in the accordions 'Apply to add a person to be covered by a certificate' and 'Apply to be removed as a person covered by a certificate'. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to add or remove a certificate holder | Update: Added 'Before you apply' section in the accordions 'Apply to be added as a certificate holder' and 'Apply to be removed as a certificate holder'. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to add or remove an authorisation holder |
Update: Added 'Before you apply' section in the accordions 'Apply to be added as a commercial evaluation authorisation (CEA) holder' and 'Apply to be removed as a commercial evaluation authorisation (CEA) holder'. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to cancel a certificate | Update: Added 'Before you apply' section. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to cancel or vary an authorisation |
Update: Added 'Before you apply' section in the accordions 'Apply to cancel a commercial evaluation authorisation' and 'Apply to vary a commercial evaluation authorisation'. |
| 29 September 2021 | Apply to vary the terms of an assessment certificate |
Update: Added 'Before you apply' section. |
| 29 September 2021 | What is a polymer? | Update: Added note to the beginning of the page reading 'Note: This page isn’t a technical or general overview of polymers. It is a definition to help you comply with our regulation'. |
| 22 September 2021 | How much is my registration fee? |
Update: Three separate equations to calculate the registration charge for users that are:
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| 31 July 2021 | Apply for annual export authorisation - Rotterdam Convention |
Correction: Added the 6 export scenarios and separated them into 3 categories – A, B and C. Added a definition for 'out of scope'. Updated the export categories on the PDF application form so they align with the web page text. Updated the link to the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 so it goes to the specific section. Deletion: Removed the word 'avgas' because this is a mixture of chemicals and not all of them are covered by the Rotterdam Convention. Removed 'name of mixture' because we already ask for other information that identifies the chemical. |
| 31 July 2021 | Apply for annual import authorisation - Rotterdam Convention |
Correction: Added the 2 import scenarios and a definition for 'out of scope'. Updated the import categories on the PDF application form so they align with the web page text. Updated the link to the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 so it goes to the specific section. Deletion: Removed the word 'avgas' because this is a mixture of chemicals and not all of them are covered by the Rotterdam Convention |
| 14 July 2021 |
Categorisation of chemicals in e-cigarettes and personal vaporisers |
Correction: Deleted the words ‘tattoo inks’ from the paragraph under ‘Who should read this?’ and inserted the words ‘e-cigarettes and personal vaporisers’. |
| 29 June 2021 |
Categorisation of highly branched organic chemicals |
Addition: We added the word 'very' to this sentence (as highlighted). If your introduction is in environment exposure band 2 (and you want to demonstrate that it has very low indicative environment risk), or if the environment exposure band is 3 or 4, you might choose to demonstrate the absence of the persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic hazard characteristic by demonstrating the absence of the persistence hazard characteristic. |
| 4 June 2021 |
Introductions that don't require categorisation and registration |
Correction: The sentence about an incidentally introduced chemical not having commercial value separate from the other industrial chemical that it is introduced with was incorrectly placed as a dot point under the heading 'Incidentally introduced chemicals'. This sentence was moved to the first paragraph to clarify that the criteria of having no separate commercial value applies regardless of how the incidentally introduced chemical was created. |
| 3 June 2021 |
What is an article? |
Deletion: Deleted the sentence 'We define an article as a finished good that is designed for a particular purpose and that does not release a chemical during use' from the blue title banner. |
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