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

Laboratory Chemicals and Reagent Kits Group Standard 2006

HSNO Approval Number

The HSNO Approval Number for this Group Standard is HSR002596.

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 solid or liquid substances that are imported or
manufactured for use as a laboratory chemical or a reagent kit for the purposes of
research and development.

(2) A substance referred to in subclause (1) may have any of the following (but only the
following) hazards:

(a) flammability, HSNO 3.1B (flashpoint of less than 23°C and an initial boiling
point of greater than 35°C);

(b) flammability, HSNO 3.1C (flashpoint of greater than or equal to 23°C and less
than or equal to 60°C);

(c) flammability, HSNO 3.1D (flashpoint of greater than 60°C and less than or equal
to 93°C);

(d) acute toxicity, HSNO 6.1B, 6.1C, 6.1D or 6.1E classification (including
aspiration hazard);

(e) metallic corrosivity, HSNO 8.1A classification;

(f) skin corrosivity, HSNO 8.2B or 8.2C classification;

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

(h) eye corrosivity, HSNO 8.3A classification;

(i) eye irritancy, HSNO 6.4A classification;

(j) respiratory sensitisation, HSNO 6.5A classification;



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