✨ Hazardous Substances Transitional Controls
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 140
29 OCTOBER 2004
Schedule 4
Transitional controls
Contents
1 Purpose of Schedule
2 Persons may comply with Act and controls at any time
3 Schedule does not apply to substance in stationary container system
4 Compliance with obligations and restrictions as at 31 October 2004 for transitional period
5 Transitional provisions for certificates of competence
6 Transitional provision for fumigation by or on behalf of commercial grower
7 Packaging
8 Identification, documentation, and signage
9 Fire extinguishers and emergency management response plans
10 Tolerable exposure limits
1 Purpose of Schedule
(1) The purpose of this Schedule is to provide for a transitional period to allow persons dealing
with hazardous substances to which this notice applies to comply with the Act, and controls
under the Act, in relation to those hazardous substances.
(2) This Schedule achieves the purpose described in subclause (1) by—
(a) providing that, for a period of 6 months from the commencement of this notice, a person
may comply with the obligations and restrictions that applied to those substances
immediately before the commencement of this notice, as if this notice (other than this
Schedule) had not been given; and
(b) providing for obligations and restrictions that apply after the expiry of that 6 month
period to progressively impose the requirements of the Act, and controls under the Act,
in relation to those substances.
2 Persons may comply with Act and controls at any time
Except as specifically provided in this Schedule, this Schedule does not prevent a person from
complying with the Act, and controls under the Act, as if this Schedule did not exist.
3 Schedule does not apply to substance in stationary container system
Nothing in this Schedule applies to a stationary container system to which Schedule 8 of the
Hazardous Substances (Dangerous Goods and Scheduled Toxic Substances) Transfer Notice
2004 (Gazette, 2004, No 35 p 767) applies by virtue of clause 6(1)(k) of this notice.
4 Compliance with obligations and restrictions as at 31 October 2004 for transitional period
(1) A person complies with the Act in relation to a hazardous substance to which this notice
applies, if the person complies with all obligations and restrictions that were in force in relation
to the hazardous substance as at the close of 31 October 2004.
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