Decision tool – Work out if your introduction is low risk for human health

Question 2

Does your introduction meet all the criteria to be low risk for human health based on the following list?

Note: You can choose not to check it. If you don't, we will not consider your introduction internationally assessed for human health.

Do all of the following apply?

• the chemical has been assessed or evaluated by one of the trusted international bodies in subsection 6(3) of the General Rules

  and

• the trusted international body assessed or evaluated the chemical for its risks to human health

  and

• the chemical's international assessment or evaluation was for:
  • the same end use as your introduction
  • a maximum concentration at end use equal to or higher than the maximum concentration of your introduction at end use

  and

• the risks to human health from the introduction and use are no higher in Australia than the overseas jurisdiction (determined in accordance with part 4.1.2 of the Categorisation Guidelines)

  and

• regarding the international assessment or evaluation report: it's available

  and

• you'll provide it to the Executive Director if they request it from you

  and

• either the international assessment or evaluation:
  • has restrictions set out in Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation about your chemical that you can follow in Australia

    or

  • has conditions that the international assessment body determines must be followed to manage risks to human health and that you can follow them in Australia

    or

  • has no restrictions or conditions

  and

• there's no more information that's become available since the international assessment or evaluation was completed about:
  • any hazards to human health the international assessment or evaluation didn't identify

    or

  • an increase in severity of any hazards to human health the international assessment or evaluation did identify

  and

• the introduction isn't prohibited in an overseas jurisdiction that did the international assessment or evaluation

Go to Decision tool – Work out your human health exposure band.

Question 3

Your introduction is internationally‐assessed for human health. This means your introduction's indicative human health risk can be low. Your introduction could have an indicative human health risk of very low if you have information to show it doesn't have certain human health hazard characteristics.

Do you want to check if your introduction could be very low risk?

Your introduction is internationally‐assessed for human health. If you can't show that it has an indicative human health risk of very low, make not that its indicative human health risk is low.

Go to Decision tool – Work out your human health exposure band.

The indicative human health risk of your introduction is low. Your introduction is internationally‐assessed for human health.

Go to Decision tool – Work out if your introduction is medium to high risk to the environment.