✦ Plain-English Summary

Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (Customs) 2020

What it does

This law creates a fee that companies importing industrial chemicals into Australia must pay. The fee only applies to businesses that officially register their chemicals with the government's industrial chemicals register. It's essentially a user-pays charge to fund the environmental management system that oversees these chemicals.

Why it matters

Chemical importers will now face a new cost when bringing industrial chemicals into the country. This money helps pay for the government's work in tracking and managing industrial chemicals to protect the environment and public health.

Key details

• Who pays: Only registered introducers (importers/manufacturers) of industrial chemicals are charged. The bill doesn't specify the actual fee amount—that's left to regulations.

• Exemptions: Some users are exempt from paying, though the specific exemptions aren't detailed in this excerpt (they'd be in the regulations).

• When it starts: The law only comes into effect once the related Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2020 commences. If that act never gets up and running, this charge law won't either.

Committee Referrals

Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

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