Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2009 (No 2)

Pursuant to section 96B(3) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“the Act”), the Environmental Risk Management Authority (“ERMA New Zealand”) gives notice that a Group Standard is amended.
N o t i c e
1. Title—(1) This notice is the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2009 (No 2) and is part of the principal notice.
(2) In this notice, “principal notice” means the Cosmetic Products Group Standard Notice 2006 (Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 30 June 2006, No. 74, page 1889).
2. Commencement—The amendments referred to in this notice come into force 28 days after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Amendments to Group Standard—(1) This notice amends the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2006
(the Group Standard) referred to in Part 10 of the principal notice at page 2069 as follows—
Insert a new Schedule 2B “Transitional Provisions – Amendments 2009” with text reading:
“(1) For a period of 12 months from the date that this notice is notified in the New Zealand Gazette, persons dealing with substances covered by the principal notice may either comply with:
(a) the principal notice; or
(b) the principal notice as amended by the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2009.
(2) Clause (1) does not apply to:
(a) a substance that was not lawfully used in
New Zealand immediately before the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice
2009 came into force; or
(b) a substance listed at Schedule 5, Table 3, reference number 57, 59 or 60 that was deleted
by the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2009.”
3. Availability—The full original Group Standard and amended Group Standard as well as Schedules and any information incorporated by reference may be:
(a) inspected free of charge during normal business hours at the ERMA New Zealand office; or
(b) purchased from ERMA New Zealand; or
(c) viewed at
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz
ERMA New Zealand contact details:
BP House
20 Customhouse Quay
(PO Box 131)
Wellington
Telephone: 0064 4 916 2426
Facsimile: 0064 4 914 0433
Email: info@ermanz.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 2009.
For and on behalf of the Environmental Risk Management Authority:
HELEN ATKINS.