Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2019 (13 of 2019)

Schedule 2   Application, savings and transitional provisions

Part 5   Assessment certificates etc.

Division 2   Commercial evaluation permits

17   Commercial evaluation permits issued under old law

(1) This item applies in relation to a commercial evaluation permit for the introduction of an industrial chemical that is in force under the old law immediately before 1 July 2020.

(2) For the purposes of the new law, subject to this Part and any modifications prescribed by the transitional rules:

(a) the commercial evaluation permit is taken, on and after 1 July 2020, to be a commercial evaluation authorisation for the introduction of the industrial chemical issued under the new law; and

(b) the person who was, immediately before 1 July 2020, the holder of the commercial evaluation permit is taken to be the holder of the commercial evaluation authorisation under the new law; and

(c) the terms of the commercial evaluation permit under the old law are taken to be the terms of the commercial evaluation authorisation under the new law; and

(d) the conditions the commercial evaluation permit is subject to under subsection 21L(1) of the old law are taken to be conditions relating to the introduction or use of the industrial chemical under paragraph 59(1)(e) of the new law; and

(e) the remaining period for which the commercial evaluation permit would have been in force under section 21K of the old law is taken to be the period for which the authorisation is in force under the new law.