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The legal framework for the regulation of the introduction (importation and manufacture) of industrial chemicals in Australia is the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (IC Act). It came into force on 12 March 2019 and establishes the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) and its Executive Director. The IC Act is supported by the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules and the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines, which set out technical and operational details of the AICIS and the requirements introducers need to meet to categorise their chemicals if they are not already listed on the AIIC. The IC Act regulates the importation and manufacture of industrial chemicals in Australia.

GPC has a legal entity in Australia and can help non-Australian companies to meet their compliance requirements as an Australian agent.

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AICIS Business Services from 1 July 2020
AICIS Business Services from 1 July 2020

NICNAS  (National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme) officially retires on 30 June 2020 and will be succeeded by the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) on 1 July 2020. On 1...

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New Changes to the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines
New Changes to the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines

Some changes to the Guidelines you need to know about before 1 July. The Categorisation Guidelines set out technical details and requirements to support introducers to categorise introductions of industrial chemicals....

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ACF GHS Report