✨ Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations




22 DECEMBER 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 174

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Controls on collectors of persistent organic pollutants

Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001

In the case of persistent organic pollutants with a hazard classification that is class 3, a collector must comply with the controls in the Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001.

Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8 and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001

(1) A collector must ensure that equipment used to handle the substance complies with regulation 7 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001.

A collector who handles a persistent organic pollutant must comply with regulation 8 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001.

(2) Regulation 9 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001 applies to any quantity of a persistent organic pollutant.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 10 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001, no persistent organic pollutant in any quantity may be carried on any passenger service vehicle.

(4) When stored for the purpose of environmentally sound disposal, a persistent organic pollutant must not be mixed with any other persistent organic pollutant or any other substance.

Packaging of persistent organic pollutants

The Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001 apply to persistent organic pollutants as if they are deemed to have a hazard classification that is class 6.1B.

Transport of persistent organic pollutants

(1) Transport of persistent organic pollutants by land within New Zealand shall comply with all relevant requirements of the Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 1999 (Rule 45001).

(2) Transport of persistent organic pollutants by sea within New Zealand shall comply with all relevant requirements of either the Maritime Rules: Part 24A – Carriage of Cargoes – Dangerous Goods (MR024A) or the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

(3) Transport of persistent organic pollutants by air within New Zealand shall comply with all relevant requirements of Part 92 of the Civil Aviation Rules.

(4) The Hazardous Substances (Tank Wagons and Transportable Containers) Regulations 2004 apply to a persistent organic pollutant stored or transported in a tank, tank wagon or transportable container as those terms are defined in those regulations.



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