✨ Transitional Controls for Hazardous Substances
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 99
29 JUNE 2005
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 new locations or new substances at existing locations
4 Compliance with obligations and restrictions as at 30 June 2005 for transitional period
5 Transitional provision for hazardous substance locations
6 Full test certificate for hazardous substance location
7 Approved handlers
8 Existing stationary container systems
9 Packaging
10 Identification, documentation, and signage
11 Fire extinguishers, emergency management response plans, and secondary containment
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 hazardous
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 hazardous 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 new locations or new substances at existing locations
Nothing in this Schedule applies to any of the following:
(a) a hazardous substance described in Schedule 1 that was not lawfully used immediately
before 1 July 2005:
(b) a hazardous substance location that was not in use immediately before 1 July 2005:
(c) a hazardous substance at a hazardous substance location if the hazardous substance was
not permitted to be stored at the location immediately before that date:
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