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Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2023

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Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2023

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Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2023

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 4th day of September 2023

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 3A(1) of the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Act 1988—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

after the precondition specified in that section has been met.

Contents

Order

1 Title

This order is the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2023.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 5 October 2023.

3 Principal order

This order amends the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004.

4 Schedule 1 amended

In Schedule 1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS; CAS No: 355-46-4), including any of its branched isomers, its salts, and any substance that contains the chemical moiety C6F13SO2- as one of its structural elements and that potentially degrades to PFHxS

5 Schedule 2 amended

In Schedule 2, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:

Decabromodiphenyl ether

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; CAS No: 335-67-1),—

including—

  • its salts

  • any related substance (including its salts and polymers) having a linear or branched perfluoroheptyl group with the formula C7F15- directly attached to another carbon atom as one of the structural elements

  • any related substance (including its salts and polymers) having a linear or branched perfluorooctyl group with the formula C8F17- as one of the structural elements

but not including—

  • C8F17-X, where X = F, Cl, Br

  • C8F17-C(=O)OH, C8F17-C(=O)O-Xʹ or C8F17-CF2-Xʹ (where Xʹ = any group, including salts)

  • perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives (C8F17SO2X (X = OH, metal salt (O-M+), halide, amide, and other derivatives including polymers))

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 5 October 2023, amends the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 (the principal order) to include 1 more chemical in the list of Stockholm chemicals in Schedule 1 of the principal order, and 2 more chemicals in the list of Rotterdam chemicals in Schedule 2 of the principal order.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 7 September 2023.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
Secondary legislation In force Latest version as at 04 September 2023 (as made)

Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2023

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