This notice is issued by the Environmental Protection Authority (the Authority) under sections 75 and 76(1)(b), (f), (g), (h), and (j) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (the Act). It is issued in accordance with section 76C of the Act, having had regard to the matters specified in section 76C(2).
This Notice sets out the rules for the information that must be included on the labels of hazardous substances. It combines a number of rules currently spread across different sets of regulations, and is based on the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) provisions. The Notice also allows compliant labels from Australia, EU, Canada, and USA to be used, as long as certain New Zealand specific information is also included.