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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-04-28 · Official documentation · View source

Monitor and manage the Regulatory list for a chemical substance

Use the Regulatory tab on a chemical substance record to quickly assess regulatory conformance status, review regulations, and track upcoming and overdue regulatory obligations.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_hs_chm.manager

About this task

The Regulatory tab provides a visual summary of a chemical substance’s regulatory conformance status. It displays a timeline of regulatory dates, compliance and overdue metrics, and a grouped list of regulations organized by regulatory list. Regulations fetched from the 3E server are read-only. Regulations created manually are editable.

The regulatory tab shows the conformance status through the regulatory list timeline, compliance, incoming, and overdue cards, and the regulations by regulatory list section.

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regulatory tab in chemical substance record

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Health and Safety > Health and Safety Workspace.

  2. Select Environmental Management (

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environmental management\) icon.
  1. In the Chemical substance list, select All and then open a record.

  2. Select the Regulatory tab.

    The tab displays cards that summarize the current regulatory compliance status.

  3. To retrieve the latest regulatory data from the 3E server, select Sync Regulatory list.

    For more information, see Sync regulatory list regulations for a chemical substance.

  4. Review the regulatory status and metrics using the following cards:

    CardsDescription
    Regulatory list timelineTimeline that displays regulations organized by in-force date, spanning past and future dates. Regulation clusters appear as numbered icons on the timeline.
    ComplianceChart showing the distribution of regulations by compliance status. The number inside the chart shows the total regulation count. Select a segment to drill down to a filtered list of regulations by that status.
    IncomingCount of regulations with an upcoming in-force date that have not yet been reviewed.
    OverdueCount of regulations whose in-force date has passed and that have not been marked as compliant.
    Regulations by Regulatory ListRegulations grouped by regulatory list.
  5. Use the filter and sort controls to refine the regulations displayed.

ControlsDescription
Condition filterOne or more conditions to filter the regulations list. It displays the number of active conditions.You can apply a predefined filter based on 3E regulatory topics for example, chemical control, hazard classification, inventories, and toxicology to display only regulations associated with that specific regulatory domain.
Sort byRegulations list is sorted by the selected field.
Regulatory listRegulations are grouped or filtered by regulatory list name.
NewManually add a regulation record.
RefreshRegulations list is re-queried to display the latest data.
  1. Select a regulatory list group to expand it and view the individual regulation records it contains.

    The expanded view displays columns like regulatory list, topic, numeric value, phrase text, text value, date value, UOM (Unit of measurement), parameter, sub-parameter, scope, country, and region.

  2. Select a regulation record to open it and review the details fetched from 3E.

    A regulation record displays the parameters, thresholds, in-force dates, and authoring information.

  3. In the Regulatory list record, set the compliance status in the Compliance field.

    When the regulatory list is retrieved from 3E, the Compliance field is set to Non-compliant by default.

Parent Topic:Chemical management