Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2015 (Transitional Controls) Regulations 2017. Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Pollution control Waste management Authorization/permit Classification/declassification Internal trade Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes These regulations come into force on 1 December 2017. Abstract These regulations are made under the transitional regulation-making powers in clause 8 of Schedule 7 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (the HSNO Act). Schedule 7 contains transitional provisions relating to existing approvals and classifications under the HSNO Act and is fully in force on 1 December 2017. As a consequence of the operative provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (the HSW Act) and HSNO Amendment Act, the regulation of hazardous substances is primarily split between notices created under the HSNO Act (EPA Notices) and hazardous substances regulations created under the HSW Act (HSW HS Regulations). Some controls are moving over to the HSW HS Regulations, but they are not being reproduced in full and the gaps created will need to be filled under the HSNO Act to ensure that risks to the public and the environment are managed to the same level as before the split. The gaps are being filled by controls in a new EPA Hazardous Substances (Hazardous Property Controls) Notice (HPC Notice), but the HPC Notice will not apply to existing hazardous substance approvals until they have been reissued. These regulations will require users of existing hazardous substance approvals to comply with the gap-filling provisions in the HPC Notice prior to the reissue of approvals. Full text English Website www.legislation.govt.nz References - Legislation Implements Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (No. 30 of 1996). Legislation | New Zealand | 1996 (2018) Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Indigenous peoples, Pests/diseases, Plant protection, Pesticides, Hazardous substances, Pollution control, Waste management, International trade, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX