Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the Executive Director for a commercial evaluation authorisation for the introduction of an industrial chemical if:
(a) the introduction is for the purpose of ascertaining the industrial chemical's potential for commercial application; and
(b) the introduction or use of the industrial chemical will not involve any of the following:
(i) making the industrial chemical available to the general public in circumstances prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this subparagraph;
(ii) release of the industrial chemical into the environment without prior treatment;
(iii) uncontrolled use in any workplace;
(iv) introduction of a volume of the industrial chemical that exceeds the volume prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this subparagraph; and
(c) the person does not hold, or has not previously held, an authorisation under this section for the industrial chemical and the end use for the industrial chemical; and
(d) the person has not made another application under this section for the industrial chemical and end use that is yet to be decided or withdrawn.
Note 1: For general requirements relating to applications: see section 167.
Note 2: An application for the proper name or end use for the industrial chemical to be treated as confidential business information may be made at the time of applying for an authorisation: see section 105.
(2) A joint application under subsection (1) may be made by 2 or more persons.