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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND NEW ORGANISMS ACT 1996 - SECT 74

Establishment of hazard classification system

74 Establishment of hazard classification system

The Authority may from time to time, in accordance with section 76C , issue an EPA notice establishing a hazard classification system by—
a) prescribing, for each intrinsic hazardous substance property, a number of degrees or types of hazard, which may be done by reference to an international system or by incorporation of material under section 141A :
b) prescribing, for each intrinsic hazardous substance property, a degree of hazard below which any substance is not considered hazardous, which may be done by reference to an international system or by incorporation of material under section 141A :
c) prescribing, for gases under pressure, a physical state when packaged:
d) prescribing substances as substances that are not hazardous for the purpose of this Act.
History: Section 74: replaced, on 1 December 2017, by section 22 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 72).



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