New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 74

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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 (Oxidising [5.1.1]) Group Standard 2006

HSNO Approval Number

The HSNO Approval Number for this Group Standard is HSR002693.

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 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) must be—

(a) an oxidising solid or liquid of medium hazard, HSNO 5.1.1B classification; or

(b) an oxidising solid or liquid of low hazard, HSNO 5.1.1C 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 6.1B, 6.1C, 6.1D or 6.1E classification (including
aspiration hazard);

(b) metallic corrosivity, HSNO 8.1A classification;

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

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

(e) eye corrosivity, HSNO 8.3A classification;

(f) eye irritancy, HSNO 6.4A classification;

(g) respiratory sensitisation, HSNO 6.5A classification;

(h) contact sensitisation, HSNO 6.5B classification;

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



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