Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001

  • revoked
  • Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001: revoked, on 1 December 2017, by regulation 4(1) of the Hazardous Substances (Health and Safety Reform Revocations) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/233).

Reprint as at 1 December 2017

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Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001

(SR 2001/118)

Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001: revoked, on 1 December 2017, by regulation 4(1) of the Hazardous Substances (Health and Safety Reform Revocations) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/233).

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 28th day of May 2001

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.

Pursuant to section 76(1)(a) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council (given on the recommendation of the Minister for the Environment made in compliance with section 141(1) of that Act), makes the following regulations.

Contents

1Title
2Commencement
Part 1
Preliminary
3Interpretation
4Application of regulations
Part 2
General packaging requirements
5Ability to retain contents
6Packaging markings
7Requirements when packing hazardous substance
8Compatibility
9Packaging that complies with tests set out in Schedule 4
Part 2A
Packaging requirements for large packaging
9AApplication of this Part
9BRequirements for large packaging
Part 3
Packaging requirements specific to each hazardous classification
10Packaging requirements for explosive substances (class 1)
11Packaging requirements for flammable liquids (subclass 3.1)
12Packaging requirements for liquid desensitised explosives (subclass 3.2)
13Packaging requirements for flammable solids (subclasses 4.1.1 and 4.1.3)
14Packaging requirements for self-reactive flammable substances (subclass 4.1.2)
15Packaging requirements for substances liable to spontaneous combustion (subclass 4.2)
16Packaging requirements for substances that, when in contact with water, emit flammable gases (subclass 4.3)
17Packaging requirements for oxidising substances (subclass 5.1.1)
18Packaging requirements for organic peroxides (subclass 5.2)
19Packaging requirements for toxic substances (class 6)
20Packaging requirements for corrosive substances (class 8)
21Packaging requirements for eco-toxic substances (class 9)
Schedule 1
Tests of packaging of hazardous substances required to be tested in accordance with this schedule
Schedule 2
Tests of packaging of hazardous substances required to be tested in accordance with this schedule
Schedule 3
Tests of packaging of hazardous substances required to be tested in accordance with this schedule
Schedule 4
Tests of packaging required to be tested in accordance with this schedule
Schedule 5
Hazard classifications of substances that may be packed in packaging that meets requirements of regulation 9
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