332—Emergency disclosure of chemical identities to registered medical
practitioner
(1) This regulation
applies if a registered medical practitioner—
(a)
reasonably believes that knowing the chemical identity of an ingredient of a
hazardous chemical may help to treat a patient; and
(b)
requests the manufacturer or importer of the hazardous chemical to give the
registered medical practitioner the chemical identity of the ingredient; and
(c)
gives an undertaking to the manufacturer or importer that the chemical
identity of the ingredient will be used only to help treat the patient; and
(d)
gives an undertaking to the manufacturer or importer to give the manufacturer
or importer as soon as practicable a written statement about the need to
obtain the chemical identity of the ingredient.
(2) The manufacturer
or importer of a hazardous chemical must give the registered medical
practitioner the chemical identity of an ingredient of the hazardous chemical
as soon as practicable.
Maximum penalty:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$6 000.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.