Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bills 2020

On 10 December 2020, the Senate referred the provisions of the following bills to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 March 2021:

  • Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bill 2020
  • Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (Customs) Bill 2020
  • Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (Excise) Bill 2020
  • Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (General) Bill 2020
  • Industrial Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 

The closing date for submissions to this inquiry is 22 January 2021.

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

The Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bill would establish a national framework to manage the ongoing use, handling and disposal of industrial chemicals, in order to reduce impacts on the environment and limit people's exposure to industrial chemicals. The General, Customs and Excise bills would establish a cost recovery model to implement the national framework to make, vary and revoke scheduling decisions for industrial chemicals.



Inquiry Status

Report tabled

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