Hazardous Substances (Importers and Manufacturers Information) Amendment Notice 2017
This notice is issued by the Environmental Protection Authority (“Authority”) under section 76A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“Act”). It is issued in accordance with section 76C of the Act, having had regard to the matters specified in section 76C(2).
4. Title of principal notice amended
5. New clause added to principal notice
This is the Hazardous Substances (Importers and Manufacturers Information) Amendment Notice 2017.
This notice comes into force on 1 December 2017.
This notice amends the Hazardous Substances (Importers and Manufacturers Information) Notice 2015, as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 22 October 2015, Issue No. 115, Notice No. 2015-au6161 (“principal notice”).
The title of the principal notice is amended by omitting “Information”.
The following clause is added after clause 9 of the principal notice:
Signed at Wellington this 27th day of July 2017.
KERRY PRENDERGAST, Chair, Environmental Protection Authority.
The objective of this notice is to amend the Hazardous Substances (Importers and Manufacturers Information) Notice 2015 by adding a further requirement on importers. The requirement is to provide certain information to the New Zealand Customs Service when uplifting certain explosive substances (Class 1 substances). The requirement is an existing one that is being moved from the Hazardous Substances (Tracking) Regulations 2001 into this notice.