Pursuant to section 79(5) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“the Act”), the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that it has approved on 14 October 2009, the Code of Practice for Gas Cylinders of Composite Construction Designed to EN 12245:2009.
This code has been developed by Ragasco AS and provides a means of compliance with the requirements of Regulation 10(c) of the Hazardous Substances (Compressed Gases) Regulations 2004 in respect of fully wrapped composite cylinders.
Pursuant to section 80(1) of the Act, this code may be inspected on request at the Wellington office of the Environmental Risk Management Authority of New Zealand, Level 1, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Pursuant to section 80(1)(b) of the Act, the code can be downloaded from the ERMA New Zealand website
www.ermanz.govt.nz
ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.