New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 74

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✨ Group Standard for Laboratory Chemicals



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(k) contact sensitisation, HSNO 6.5B classification;

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

(m) carcinogenicity, HSNO 6.7A or 6.7B classification;

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

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

(p) ecotoxicity, HSNO class 9.

Substances excluded from Group Standard

(3) No substance covered by this Group Standard may be sold or supplied to the general public.

(4) No substance shall be permitted under this Group Standard if it contains a chemical that is a carcinogen, mutagen or reproductive toxicant (CMR) that is not listed on the Inventory of Chemicals, unless—

(a) the new CMR is used to completely replace an existing CMR in the substance; and

(b) the new CMR has a lower hazard classification than the existing CMR; and

(c) clause 21 of Schedule 1 is complied with.

(5) Despite clause 21 of Schedule 1, no substance shall be permitted under this Group Standard if it is a hazardous chemical that is not listed on the Inventory of Chemicals.

(6) For the purposes of subclause (5), "chemical" means any element or compound in its natural state or obtained by any production process, including any impurities and any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the chemical, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the chemical or change its composition.

4 Conditions of Group Standard

The obligations and restrictions set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Group Standard apply to the substances by way of conditions.



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