Hazardous Substances (Hazardous Property Controls) Notice 2017 is issued by the Environmental Protection Authority (the Authority) under sections 75 and 76 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 includes rules:

• to protect the general public when using and storing hazardous substances in places outside of work, and

• to protect the environment when using and storing ecotoxic (class 9) hazardous substances. Most of these rules are relevant to both workplaces and non-workplaces, and many of these rules relate to the use of pesticides.