New Zealand Gazette – 2005 – No. 73

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✨ Hazardous Substances Amendment



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 73

28 APRIL 2005

Schedule

  1. Omit, in the column headed
    "Substance"
    in Schedule 1 of the notice, the substance description
    "Gas containing 660 – 670 g/kg methyl bromide and 330 g/kg chloropicrin"
    and substitute the substance description
    "Gas containing 300 – 670 g/kg methyl bromide and 330 – 700 g/kg chloropicrin".

  2. Omit, in Schedule 1 of the notice, the hazard classifications specified in the column headed
    "Hazard Classifications"
    for the substance
    "Gas containing 20 g/kg phosphine"
    and substitute the hazard classifications
    "6.1C, 6.9A, 9.1C, 9.3C, 9.4C".

  3. Insert, at the end of Schedule 2 of the notice, the following changes to controls:

Control – Hazardous

Substances (Tracking)

Regulations 2001

Regulation 6

The regulations apply to each hazardous
substance described in Schedule 1 with variation
code 1 as if subclause (a) of this regulation were
omitted at the point of retail sale when, at that
point:

(a) the aggregate quantity of each substance
being sold is 3 kg or less; and

(b) the sale is to a person who will use that
substance for fumigation.

Schedule 2, clause 5

This clause applies to each hazardous substance
described in Schedule 1 with variation code 1 as
if subclause (b) were omitted at the point of
retail sale when, at that point:

(a) the aggregate quantity of each substance
being sold is 3 kg or less; and

(b) the sale is to a person who will use that
substance for fumigation,

and the following subclause substituted:

"(b) the address of the place, the identity of
the person who will be in control of the
substance at that place, and the position (if any)
of that person within his or her organisation;
and".

Regulations 4 to 6

The regulations apply to each hazardous
substance described in Schedule 1 with variation
code 1 after the point of retail sale if the
aggregate quantity of each substance is 3 kg or
less as if these regulations were omitted.

  1. Insert, in Schedule 4 of the notice, after clause 6, the following new clause:

6A Transitional provision for importers, manufacturers and suppliers

(1) Clause 1 of Schedule 3 does not apply to any person in possession of a hazardous substance described in Schedule 1 in
his or her capacity as an importer, manufacturer, or supplier of such hazardous substance if on or before
31 October 2004 they were engaged in the activities of importing, manufacturing or supplying that substance.

(2) This clause expires with the close of 31 October 2006.

  1. Omit, in column 1 of Schedule 5 of the notice, the substance description
    "Gas containing 660 – 670 g/kg methyl bromide and 330 g/kg chloropicrin"
    and substitute the substance description
    "Gas containing 300 – 670 g/kg methyl bromide and 330 – 700 g/kg chloropicrin".

  2. Omit, in column 2 of Schedule 5 of the notice, under the component heading
    "Phosphine"
    the tolerable exposure limit
    "TEL({air}) = 0.00007 mg/m(^3)"
    and substitute the tolerable exposure limit
    "TEL(    {air}) = 0.0003 mg/m(^3)."

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