New Zealand Gazette – 2005 – No. 92

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✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations



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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 92

(a) state that people and stock should stay out of the area until the signs, and any fence
around the area, have been removed; and

(b) identify the person responsible for the place, and provide sufficient information to enable
the person to be contacted during normal business hours; and

(c) identify the substance and state that it is toxic to human beings and ecotoxic to other
vertebrates; and

(d) comply with regulations 34 and 35 of the Hazardous Substances (Identification)
Regulations 2001, except that regulation 35 applies as follows:
(i) in relation to the information required to be included on the signs by paragraphs
(a) and (b), as if the distances referred to in regulation 35(3)(c) of those regulations
were a distance of not less than 2 metres; and

(ii) in relation to the information required to be included on the signs by paragraph (c),
as if the distances referred to in regulation 35(3)(c) of those regulations were a
distance of not less than 10 metres.

(6) The signs and the fence required by this clause must remain in place until the place is
decontaminated.

7 Lost, spilt, or unintended application of substances
If a hazardous substance described in Schedule 1 is applied other than in the intended
application area, or is lost or spilt, the person who is in possession of the substance at the time
that it was misapplied, lost, or spilt must report the nature and quantity of the substance within
24 hours of the substance being misapplied, lost, or spilt to—

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(a) if a permission was granted in accordance with clause 3 to apply or otherwise use the
substance, the person who granted the permission; and

(b) the officer in charge of the nearest police station to which the person has access; and

(c) the nearest Medical Officer of Health or the Medical Officer of Health in whose region
the substance was misapplied, lost, or spilt; and

(d) each owner or occupier of land on which the substance may have been misapplied, lost,
or spilt; and

(e) the person on whose behalf the substance is being applied.

Unauthorised persons to stay clear of application area of substances
(1) A person who is not lawfully assisting in the application or use of a hazardous substance
described in Schedule 1 must not remain in the vicinity of the application or use of the
substance (as the case may be).

(2) An enforcement officer may order a person who contravenes subclause (1) to
immediately leave the area in which the substance is being applied or used.



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🏥 Changes to Controls under Hazardous Substances (Dangerous Goods and Scheduled Toxic Substances) Transfer Notice 2004 (continued from previous page)

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