New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 70

Page 1617

✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations



27 JUNE 2006

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 70

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Schedule 4

New Schedule 5A

After Schedule 5 to the principal notice, insert new Schedule 5A as follows:

Schedule 5A

Controls relating to the use of certain class 3, 4 and 5 dangerous goods

1 Restriction on use in cosmetic products

(1) The hazardous substance "2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester" is not be used as a component or ingredient of any cosmetic product.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, cosmetic product means—

any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odours and/or protecting them or keeping them in good condition.

2 Restriction on sale of methylated spirits

(1) No person may sell any methylated spirits, denatured with between 0.1% and 2% methanol unless—

(a) the label states that it contains methanol; and

(b) it also contains at least 10 mg per litre of denatonium benzoate and, if practicable, at least 1.56 mg per litre of methyl violet; or

(c) it is in a container whose capacity is at least 20 litres, and the seller believes, on reasonable grounds, that the buyer intends—

(i) to use it for an industrial or commercial purpose for which methylated spirits containing denatonium benzoate is unsuitable; or

(ii) to resell it, in containers whose capacity is at least 20 litres, for use for industrial or commercial purposes for which methylated spirits containing denatonium benzoate is unsuitable; and

(d) when it is packaged in quantities of less than 2.5 litre, the package must have clearly embossed on the shoulder or side of the container, the word "POISON" in capital letters, the height of the letters being not less than one-fifteenth of the greatest dimension of the container.

(2) Subclause (1)(d) does not apply to a substance that is restricted to a place of work.



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🏥 Amendments to the Hazardous Substances (Dangerous Goods and Scheduled Toxic Substances) Transfer Notice (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hazardous Substances, Dangerous Goods, Scheduled Toxic Substances, Amendment, Transfer Notice, Cosmetic Products, Methylated Spirits, Labeling Requirements