Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2011

Pursuant to section 96B(3) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 ("the Act"), the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) 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 2011 and is part of the principal notice.
(2) In this notice, "principal notice" means the Hazardous Substances (Group Standards) Notice 2006 (Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 30 June 2006, No. 74, page 1889, Part 10, Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2069).
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-This notice amends the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2006 ("the Group Standard") referred to in the principal notice at page 1889, by substituting the date 31 March 2012 for the date
30 September 2011 in Table 3, Schedule 5 of the Group Standard.
This amendment enables the Group Standard to be kept in alignment with the European Union Cosmetics Regulation as was originally intended.
4. 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 EPA office; or
(b) purchased from EPA; or
(c) viewed at www.epa.govt.nz
EPA contact details:
BP House
20 Customhouse Quay
(PO Box 131)
Wellington
Telephone: (04) 916 2426
Facsimile: (04) 914 0433
Email: info@epa.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November 2011.
HELEN ATKINS, for and on behalf of the Environmental Protection Authority.