New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 74

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✨ Hazardous Substances Group Standard



2210 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

Metal Industry Products (Toxic [6.7]) Group Standard 2006

HSNO Approval Number

The HSNO Approval Number for this Group Standard is HSR002616.

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 metal industry product.

(2) A substance referred to in subclause (1) must be either a known or presumed human
carcinogen (HSNO 6.7A classification) or suspected human carcinogen (HSNO 6.7B
classification).

(3) In addition to the hazard 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 (including aspiration hazard);

(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) ecototoxicity, HSNO class 9.


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Hazardous Substances, Group Standard, Metal Industry Products, Carcinogens, Toxicity, Environmental Risk Management Authority