✨ Graphic Materials Group Standard 2009
18 MAY 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 69 1539
finger paint means a paste or jelly-like, coloured preparation specially designed for children, directly applicable to suitable surfaces with the fingers and hands.
substance means any solid or liquid graphic material that is within the scope of clause 4 of this Group Standard (Scope of Group Standard).
water colour paint means a colouring material for imparting colours to an inanimate surface, made of pigment to be diluted with water and not oil. Water colour paints do not include face paints.
(2) In this Group Standard, references to a hazardous property of a substance being equivalent to a specified HSNO hazard classification, means a reference to the specified hazard classification as set out in the Hazardous Substances (Classification) Regulations 2001.
4 Scope of Group Standard
Substances covered by Group Standard
(1) This Group Standard applies to substances that are imported or manufactured for use as graphic materials.
(2) This Group Standard is the sole means of compliance for finger paints, children’s crayons and children’s water colour paints. Graphic materials which cannot meet the scope of this Group Standard, and are not finger paints, children’s crayons or children’s water colour paints, may fit within the scope of other relevant Surface Coatings and Colourants Group Standards.
(3) A substance referred to in subclause (1) must not contain, incorporate or include a leachable quantity of any of the following elements which exceeds the limits specified in the table below:
Maximum leachable quantity limits
| Element | Sb | As | Ba | Cd | Cr | Pb | Hg | Se |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum leachable quantity in mg/kg graphic material except for finger paint | 60 | 25 | 1000 | 75 | 60 | 90 | 60 | 500 |
| Finger paint | 60 | 25 | 250 | 50 | 25 | 90 | 25 | 500 |
Sb Antimony
As Arsenic
Ba Barium
Cd Cadmium
Cr Chromium
Pb Lead
Hg Mercury
Se Selenium
(4) A substance referred to in subclause (1) may not have any hazardous property that would trigger any hazard classification other than a Class 9 hazard classification.
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