Hazardous Substances Regulations




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(c) the letter (if any) refers to the category of the substance indicating—

(i) for class 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 substances, the degree of hazard of the substance as
described in regulation 4(1)(c) of those regulations:

(ii) for class 6 substances, the classification described in regulation 4(6) and (7) of those
regulations.

4 Person in charge of stationary container must comply with controls

(1) The person in charge of a stationary container system to which this Schedule applies must—

(a) ensure that the stationary container system is designed, constructed, installed, operated,
maintained, inspected, tested, and repaired so as to comply with this Schedule; and

(b) ensure that all test certificates required by this Schedule are obtained.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply if a provision of this Schedule states that a different person is
responsible.

Part 2

General requirements for stationary container systems

5 Accepted engineering principles and practice to be applied

The question whether a stationary container system complies with this Schedule is to be determined
having regard to the need to comply with this Schedule in a way that is—

(a) practicable; and

(b) consistent with accepted engineering principles and practice.

6 General performance requirements for stationary container systems

(1) Subject to subclause (2)(a), all parts of a stationary container system must be designed, constructed,
installed, operated, maintained, inspected, tested, and repaired so that the stationary container system
contains any hazardous substance that is put into it without leakage of that hazardous substance
(including any diluent or desensitising agent), when subjected to all likely—

(a) operating temperatures; and

(b) pressures; and

(c) stresses and loadings (including seismic and wind stresses and loadings); and

(d) environmental conditions.

(2) All parts of a stationary container system that are likely to come into contact with a hazardous
substance must be designed, constructed, installed, operated, maintained, inspected, tested, and
repaired so that, when the stationary container system contains a hazardous substance—

(a) it is able to contain the hazardous substance—



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2004, No 35


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2004, No 35





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