Regulation Impact Statement on TGA and NICNAS proposed regulation of disinfectants
Consultation
This consultation closed on 12 February 2010
November 2009
In response to recommendation 4.61 contained in the Report of the Commonwealth Government's Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business (the Banks Report), released in April 2006, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) have released a consultation regulatory impact statement, for public comment. As a result of previous consultations, the agencies have identified a preferred position and the consultation is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the impact of the preferred option.
Regulation impact statement & business impact survey
How to access a pdf or Word document
- Regulation Impact Statement on TGA and NICNAS proposed regulation of disinfectants (pdf,87kb)
- Business impact survey on options for a revised regulatory scheme covering hospital, household and commercial grade disinfectants (Word,233kb)
Consultation forums
Reform to the regulation of hard surface disinfectants public consultation on regulatory impact
In response to recommendation 4.61 contained in the Report of the Commonwealth Government's Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business (the Banks Report), released in April 2006, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) have released a consultation regulatory impact statement, for public comment. As a result of previous consultations, the agencies have identified a preferred position and the consultation is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the impact of the preferred option.
The consultation regulatory impact statement includes a survey of business.
In November 2009, consultation forums were held in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne where the proposals were presented and discussed. Comments received through these public forums will be used to inform a regulatory impact analysis, and in developing a final Government position.
If you are unable to access the consultation regulatory impact statement and other associated information on this page, please contact: NICNAS, phone: 02 8577 8800 / 1800 638 528, or email: info@nicnas.gov.au.
For further information please contact NICNAS on the above numbers or email.
Notes on submissions
A list of names of parties making submissions will be published on the TGA and NICNAS websites.
All submissions will be placed on the TGA's and NICNAS's websites. For submissions made by individuals, all personal details other than your name will be removed from your submission before it is published on the TGA's and NICNAS's websites. Confidential material contained within submissions should be clearly marked. Reasons for a claim to confidentiality must be included. Where possible confidential material will be redacted from information published on the TGA's and NICNAS's websites.