New Zealand Gazette – 2009 – No. 166

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17 NOVEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 166 4001

Appendix to Gazette Notice: Controls for Cotnion 200 Insecticide

Table 1: Controls applicable to Cotnion 200 Insecticide

Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001

Code Regulations Description
Code T1 Regs 11 – 27 Limiting exposure to toxic substances through the setting of tolerable exposure limits
Code T2 Regs 29, 30 Controlling exposure in places of work through the setting of workplace exposure standards (WES). (AWES has been set by the Department of Labour for azinphos methyl: 0.2 mg/m³ Time Weighted Average (TWA) based on skin absorption. This value has been adopted for Cotnion 200).
Code T3 Regs 5(1), 6 Requirements for keeping records of use
Code T4 Reg 7 Requirements for equipment used to handle substances
Code T5 Reg 8 Requirements for protective clothing and equipment
Code T6* Reg 9 Approved handler/security requirements for certain toxic substances

Changes to Default Controls

Regulation 9 of the Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001

The following regulation is inserted immediately after regulation 9:

9A Exception to approved handler requirement for transportation of packaged pesticides

(1) Regulation 9 is deemed to be complied with if:

(a) when this substance is being transported on land—

  (i) by rail, the person who drives the rail vehicle that is transporting the substance is fully trained in accordance with the approved safety system for the time being approved under section 6D of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989; and

  (ii) other than by rail, the person who drives, loads, and unloads the vehicle that is transporting the substance has a current dangerous goods endorsement on his or her driver licence; and

  (iii) in all cases, Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 1999 (Rule 45001) is complied with; or

(b) when this substance is being transported by sea, one of the following is complied with:

  (i) Maritime Rules: Part 24A – Carriage of Cargoes – Dangerous Goods (MR024A):

  (ii) International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; or

(c) when this substance is being transported by air, Part 92 of the Civil Aviation Rules is complied with:

(2) Subclause (1)(a)—

(a) does not apply to a tank wagon or a transportable container to which the Hazardous Substances (Tank Wagons and Transportable Containers) Regulations 2004 applies; but

(b) despite paragraph (a), does apply to an intermediate bulk container that complies with chapter 6.5 of the UN Model Regulations.

(3) Subclause (1)(c)—

(a) applies to pilots, aircrew, and airline ground personnel loading and managing this substance within an aerodrome; but

(b) does not apply to—

  (i) the handling of this substance in any place that is not within an aerodrome; or

  (ii) the loading and managing of this substance for the purpose of aerial spraying or dropping.

(4) In this regulation, UN Model Regulations means the 15th revised edition of the Recommendation on the transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations, published in 2007 by the United Nations.



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