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depending on the quantity used within the EU. It is gaps and overlaps. It also introduced requirements
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being removed from the market. This could affect the arising from new organisms and hazardous substances.
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transferred and the transition period has ended. The
Training requirements transferred substances are now subject to the full
HSNO imposes training requirements on those persons HSNO requirements.
having custody of certain hazardous substances. The transferred substances were placed into groups
Transporting dangerous goods on land requires a of similar substances used for the same purpose. In
Dangerous Goods Licence Endorsement for carriage of total 211 Group Standards were created.
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to self-classify their products. Act and regulations can be found at www.epa.govt.nz
Importers and manufacturers must provide their
business details to EPA, within 30 days of importing Changes to HSNO
or manufacturing a hazardous substance. This can Under the Worksafe legislation the workplace
be done via the following link: http://www.epa. regulation for hazardous substances has been formally
govt.nz/hazardous-substances/importing- transfer from the EPA to Worksafe. The Worksafe
manufacturing/Pages/default.aspx hazardous substances regulations came into force on
ERMA was established by the Hazardous Substances 1 December 2017. These regulations are primarily a
DQG 1HZ 2UJDQLVPV +612 $FW DQG ZDV cut and lift of the relevant current HSNO regulations.
responsible for administering the Act. The functions of It is intended they will revise the regulation within two
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The HSNO Act consolidates the requirements EPA will continue to approve new substances
provided under the Dangerous Goods Act 1974, Toxic and specify requirements for labelling and Safety
Substances Act 1979, Explosives Act 1957, Pesticides Data Sheets and will have an enforcement role.
Act 1979 and the remaining parts of the Animals Act 7KH (3$ UHTXLUHPHQWV DUH QRZ VSHFL¿HG LQ D VHULHV
1967, and Plants Act 1970 (parts of which had already of EPA Notices which have replaced the Hazardous
EHHQ LQFRUSRUDWHG LQ WKH %LRVHFXULW\ $FW Substances Regulations 2001 for new substances.
7KH $FW FDPH LQWR IRUFH RQ -XO\ IRU QHZ Existing substances will eventually have their approvals
RUJDQLVPV DQG -XO\ IRU KD]DUGRXV VXEVWDQFHV reissued. After reissue you will have between 2 to
The objective of the reform was to consolidate all the 4 years before you have to comply with the most of
legislation dealing with hazardous substances and new the EPA Notices, except the disposal Notice will apply
organisms into one piece of legislation and to eliminate immediately upon reissue of the approval.

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