Health Act 1956

119 Regulations as to noxious substances and gases and dangerous goods

• Regulations made under this Act may provide for all or any of the following matters:

  • (a) the regulation of the handling, storage, and disposal of noxious substances or of goods that are or may become injurious to health or dangerous; the precautions to be taken in respect thereof, and the protective clothing to be provided for and used by persons or classes of persons engaged therein; the modification or limitation of the hours of employment, and the medical examination, of any such persons as aforesaid; and the prohibition or restriction of the employment of young persons therein:

  • (b) the prohibition or restriction of the sale, for domestic use, of any apparatus or equipment that is or may be injurious to health or dangerous, or that involves the use of any poisonous or noxious substance in such a manner as to be likely to cause injury to health or danger:

  • (c) [Repealed]

  • (d) the prohibition, restriction, or regulation, of the use, sale, or supply of any apparatus or equipment which may emit electromagnetic radiation (other than X-rays or gamma rays), and the licensing or registration of persons, premises, or things in relation to any such use, sale, or supply.

  Paragraph (c) was repealed, as from 1 April 1974, by section 56(2) Clean Air Act 1972 (1972 No 31).

  Paragraph (d) was inserted, as from 8 December 1971, by section 3 Health Amendment Act 1971 (1971 No 100).