AICIS - Registration and Application Fees from 1 July 2021

2021-06-30

The Government has appointed Graeme Barden as the new Executive Director of the nation’s industrial chemicals assessment and regulatory body, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS).

The regulatory authority has revised various fees and charges, and these changes will take effect from 1 July 2021. There is a slight increase in the registration fees, but the registration charges remain the same (Table 1 below).

The tables below have the revised values in fee structure.

Table 1: Registration:

Value of industrial chemicals introduced in the previous financial year	2020-2021 fee AU$	Fee from 1 July 2021 AU$	Registration Charge AU$	Total from 1 July 2021 AU$ (GST does not apply)
Level 1 - $0 to $49,999	72	75	nil	75
Level 2 - $50,000 to $74,999	72	75	75	150
Level 3 - $75,000 to $99,999	72	75	100	175
Level 4 - $100,000 to $249,999	72	75	250	325
Level 5 - $250,000 to $499,999	72	75	500	575
Level 6 - $500,000 to $2,999,999	72	75	3,000	3,075
Level 7 - $3,000,000 to $4,999,999	72	75	5,000	5,075
Level 8 - $5,000,000 or more	72	75	40,000	40,075

Table 2: Certificate and Authorisation fees

Fee type	2020-2021 fee AU$	Fee from 1 July 2021 AU$ (GST does not apply)
Certificate applications
Apply for an assessment certificate - very low to low risk	7,599	7,435
Apply for an assessment certificate - health focus / Apply for an assessment certificate - environment focus	23,643	23,375
Apply for an assessment certificate - health and environment focus	34,967	34,965
Apply for an assessment certificate - comparable hazard assessment	17,545	17,515
Apply for an assessment certificate (consolidated application) - an additional chemical that has the same end-use as the first chemical and meets the similarity criteria	5,385	7,015
Apply to vary a term of an assessment certificate	4,743	4,735
Authorisation applications
Application for a Commercial Evaluation Authorisation	6,280	6,490
Application to vary the terms of an authorisation	2,819	2,525
Listing applications
Apply for an early listing of an industrial chemical on the Inventory	1,499	1,490
Apply to vary a term of an Inventory listing	4,743	4,735
Apply to vary a term of an Inventory listing when an assessment certificate is in force	1,499	1,490

Table 3: Protection of confidential business information (CBI)

Fee type	2020-2021 fee AU$	Fee from 1 July 2021 AU$ (GST does not apply)
Apply to protect the chemical name as confidential business information	1,807	1,730
Apply to protect the end-use as confidential business information	554	605
Apply for continued protection of confidential business information	4,587	4,565
Apply to protect information (other than the proper name or end use) as confidential business information	1,063	1,150

Table 4: Import and export of certain industrial chemicals subject to international agreements

Fee type	2020-2021 fee AU$	Fee from 1 July 2021 AU$ (GST does not apply)
Apply to export a Rotterdam Convention banned or severely restricted industrial chemical - Category A country (export destination is a Party to the Rotterdam Convention and has given consent in the import response)	1,865	2,395
Apply to export or import a Rotterdam Convention banned or severely restricted industrial chemical - Category B country (export destination is a Party to the Rotterdam Convention and has not provided import response or not given consent in the response)	3,730	4,780
Apply to export a Rotterdam Convention banned or severely restricted industrial chemical - Category C country (export destination country is not a Party to the Rotterdam Convention)	1,865	2,395

Table 5: New fee for service activities starting on 1 July 2021

Fee type	Fee AU$ (GST does not apply)
Apply to add a certificate holder	1,490
Apply to remove a certificate holder	805
Apply to add a person covered by a certificate	1,490
Apply to remove a person covered by a certificate	805
Apply to add an authorisation holder	1,490
Apply to remove an authorisation holder	805
Apply to be a confidence holder of CBI for a protected Inventory listing	4,100
Apply for an assessment certificate – multicomponent introduction	2,650

The new fee structure will drive manufacturers and importers to be more diligent in determining their introduction values since the Australian chemical regulatory body ‘NICNAS’ four-tier system has been replaced with an eight-tier one (see table 1). This is an effort made by AICIS towards better monitoring and enforcement of post-market chemical activities and regulation.

GPC has a legal entity in Australia and with that, we can help you with your annual declaration submissions. You may contact us at - compliance@au.gpcregulatory.com.

Latest update: 2021-06-30

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