New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 74

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✨ Hazardous Substances Group Standard



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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 74

30 JUNE 2006

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

Pursuant to section 96B of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (the Act),
the Environmental Risk Management Authority, on its own initiative, gives notice of the issue of
this Group Standard.

1 Title

Aerosols (Flammable, Toxic [6.7]) Group Standard 2006

HSNO Approval Number

The HSNO Approval Number for this Group Standard is HSR002517.

2 Commencement

This Group Standard comes into force on 1 July 2006 and applies to substances under
section 96B(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act.

3 Scope of Group Standard

Substances covered by Group Standard

(1) This Group Standard applies to imported or manufactured aerosol dispensers not
exceeding 1,000 mL water capacity.

(2) A substance packaged in an aerosol dispenser referred to in subclause (1) must be—

(a) a flammable aerosol (HSNO 2.1.2A classification); and

(b) a known or presumed human carcinogen (HSNO 6.7A classification) or
suspected human carcinogen (HSNO 6.7B classification).

(3) In addition to the hazards referred to in subclause (2), a substance may have any of the
following (but only the following) hazards:

(a) acute toxicity, HSNO 6.1D or 6.1E classification;

(b) skin irritancy, HSNO 6.3A or 6.3B classification;

(c) eye corrosivity, HSNO 8.3A classification;

(d) eye irritancy, HSNO 6.4A classification;

(e) respiratory sensitisation, HSNO 6.5A classification;

(f) contact sensitisation, HSNO 6.5B classification;

(g) mutagenicity, HSNO 6.6A or 6.6B classification;

(h) reproductive toxicity, HSNO 6.8A, 6.8B or 6.8C classification;

(i) target organ toxicity, HSNO 6.9A or 6.9B classification;

(j) ecotoxicity, HSNO class 9.


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🏭 Aerosols (Flammable, Toxic [6.7]) Group Standard 2006

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Aerosols, Flammable, Toxic, Carcinogen, Hazardous Substances, HSNO Approval, Group Standard, Environmental Risk Management
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