Bill
Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (General) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2021-03-26. Environment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-03
- second reading — 2020-12-03
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- third reading — 2021-03-18
- introduced — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- third reading — 2021-03-18
- passed — 2021-03-18
- royal assent — 2021-03-26
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-12-03.
This bill is part of a package that would set up a national system for controlling industrial chemicals after they are sold, to protect the environment and human health.
The bill would let the government charge fees, set by regulation, to recover its costs of running the new system, except for customs and excise duties.
The charge would apply to services the Commonwealth provides under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bill.
- Creates a cost recovery model for administering the industrial chemicals framework.
- Allows charges to be prescribed by regulations.
- Ensures the Commonwealth can recover its costs for services under the ICEMR Bill.
Companies and other entities that handle industrial chemicals and are subject to the new framework.
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