COMPLIANCE
Belief on reasonable grounds
Under Australian legislation the Regulator (AICIS) needs to know precisely which industrial chemicals are being introduced into the country. This law is designed to protect human health and the environment.
If an introducer doesn't know which chemicals are in an imported product or chemical blend, compliance is still possible.
Regulatory compliance where local knowledge is slim, now includes:
- Name of a person whom the introducer believes, on reasonable grounds, would, if requested by AICIS, provide necessary chemical information to AICIS
- A statement as to the reasons for that belief
How to comply
- The term "statement" mentioned above means AICIS may legally rely upon what you state.
- Logically, if you rely on this belief, it follows that you have somehow communicated the situation to the overseas supplier.
- However, that communication could never lead to a reasonable belief if the overseas supplier was not aware of what AICIS might ask for.
To address this situation, Chemintro ...
- produces a Memorandum of Understanding detailing the precise information specified by the Rules and Guidelines for any particular chemical and also
- auto-creates a templated statement of such reasons ready for you to complete.