|
|
|
|
CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 68060 |
CIS number |
96-1931 |
Year |
1996 |
Convention or series no. |
1996 No.30
|
Title |
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 [New Zealand] |
Bibliographic information |
Government Printer, P.O.Box 12,411, Wellington, New Zealand, 1996. 252p. |
Internet access |
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/browse_vw.asp?content-set=pal_statutes [in English]
|
Abstract |
This Act (dated 10.6.1996, commencement: at a later date) aims at the protection of the environment, people and communities by controlling the adverse effects of hazardous substances and new organisms. Contents: definitions; administrative aspects, including the establishment of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA); assessment of hazardous substances and new organisms (these include both species not present in New Zealand and genetically modified organisms); controls (Hazard Classification System, test certification, transferable permits); inspection and enforcement; emergencies; transitional provisions (expiry: 1.1.2000; they concern general matters, pesticides, toxic substances, dangerous goods, explosives, new organisms). In annex: provisions relating to ERMA; list of prohibited new organisms (plants and animals; among the latter, e.g. all snakes); containment control measures for development and field testing of genetically modified organisms; lists of substances relevant to transitional provisions (controlled pesticides, toxic substances, dangerous goods, explosives). A number of Acts and other legal instruments are repealed, among which: the Explosives Act 1957 (CIS 88-30), the Dangerous Goods Act 1974 (CIS 94-765), various Regulations under this Act (CIS 94-773), the Toxic Substances Act 1979 (CIS 90-708) and the Pesticides Act 1979 (CIS 89-1080). |
Descriptors (primary) |
dangerous substances; New Zealand; pollution control; toxic substances; genetically modified organisms |
Descriptors (secondary) |
explosives; pesticides; list of chemical substances; law; chemical hazards; biological hazards; biotechnology industry; hazard evaluation |
Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
Country / State or Province | New Zealand |
Subject(s) |
Laws
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
Browse category(ies) |
Pollution control Biotechnology industry
|
|
|
|
|
|