New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers)

Marginal note:Manufacture or import: quantities greater than 100 kg, 1 000 kg and 10 000 kg

• 8 (1) Every person that manufactures or imports a chemical that is not on the NDSL — other than a chemical referred to in section 5 — must provide to the Minister

  • (a) at least 5 days before the day on which the quantity of the chemical exceeds 100 kg in a calendar year,

    • (i) the information specified in Schedule 4, and

    • (ii) if the chemical is a biochemical, the information specified in items 1 to 3 of Schedule 2;

  • (b) at least 60 days before the day on which the quantity of the chemical exceeds 1 000 kg in a calendar year,

    • (i) the information specified in Schedule 5, and

    • (ii) if the chemical is a biochemical, the information specified in items 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 and

      • (A) if the biochemical is a nucleic acid, the information specified in items 5 and 6 of Schedule 2, and

      • (B) if the biochemical possesses enzymatic capability, the information specified in items 7 to 13 of Schedule 2; and

  • (c) at least 75 days before the day on which the quantity of the chemical exceeds 10 000 kg in a calendar year,

    • (i) the information specified in Schedule 6 and

    • (ii) if the chemical is a biochemical, the information specified in items 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 and

      • (A) if the biochemical is a nucleic acid, the information specified in items 5 and 6 of Schedule 2, and

      • (B) if the biochemical possesses enzymatic capability, the information specified in items 7 to 13 of Schedule 2.

• Marginal note:Notification

  (2) Any person that submitted the information referred to in paragraph (1)(b), together with the information referred to in section 10 of Schedule 5, in respect of a chemical or biochemical that is subsequently added to the NDSL may, once the listing has occurred, advise the Minister, in writing, that that information is to be considered as having been submitted under paragraph 7(1)(b).