New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 72

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✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations



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(c) a hazardous substance at a hazardous substance location if the substance was not
permitted to be stored at the location immediately before 1 July 2006.

(2) Nothing in this Schedule applies in any way to substitute, override or remove any existing
obligation or restriction imposed on a substance that has been approved under the Act
(howsoever approved).

(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2), the requirements of this Schedule apply if those requirements
are—

(a) for a substance of a different hazard class; or

(b) for a substance of the same class where the quantities held at any time up to and
immediately before 1 July 2006 never exceeded the relevant threshold quantities
specified in the regulations set out in subclause (4) for the relevant obligation or
restriction.

(4) The regulations are—

(a) Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001;

(b) Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001; and

(c) Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001.

4 Compliance with obligations and restrictions as at 1 July 2006 for transitional period

(1) A person complies with the Act in relation to a hazardous substance described in Schedule 1, if
the person complies with all obligations and restrictions that were in force in relation to the
hazardous substance as at the close of 1 July 2006.

(2) This subclause is subject to any other provision of this Schedule.

(3) This clause expires with the close of 31 December 2006.

5 Transitional provision for hazardous substance locations

(1) This clause applies to every licence granted or deemed to be granted by the Authority under
section 217 of the Act, and every provisional licence granted under section 218 of the Act, that
is in force immediately before the close of 30 June 2006.

(2) Every licence to which this clause applies continues in force for the purposes of this Schedule.

(3) On and from 1 January 2007, every licence to which this clause applies is deemed to be a test
certificate issued under—

(a) in the case of a class 2.1.1, 2.1.2, or 3.1 substance, regulation 81 of the Hazardous
Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001; or

(b) in the case of a class 3.2 or 4 substance, regulation 82 of those regulations; or

(c) in the case of a class 5 substance, regulation 98 or regulation 120 of those regulations.

(4) A test certificate referred to in subclause (3) expires with the close of 31 December 2007.



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