Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017
- Abbreviation
- LI 2017/131
- Valid from
- 26/06/2017
- Information provider
- Parliamentary Counsel Office,
- Author
- Parliamentary Counsel Office
- Information type
- Legislation,
- Format
- HTML, PDF,
Description
The Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 set out the rules for work-related activities involving hazardous substances.
About 1 in 3 businesses in New Zealand manufacture, use, handle or store hazardous substances. Hazardous substances a major contributor to the estimated 600-900 deaths and 30,000 cases of serious ill health from work-related disease each year in New Zealand. They can also cause immediate harm such as from fires and explosions.
All empty chemical containers pose a risk to people and environment. It is easy and safe to recycle these through AgRecovery.
Unused chemicals pose a risk to people and environment. You can arrange for these to be collected from your farm through AgRecovery.
This resource is cited by:
Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017
This document is CITED BY:
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C/AS1 (Second Edition) (Second Edition)
LI 2017/131 is cited by Acceptable Solution C/AS1: Protection from fire for buildings with sleeping (residential) and outbuildings (risk group SH) from 2/11/2023
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C/AS2 (First Edition, Amd 1 (Errata 1) (First Edition, Amendment 1 (Errata1 - 22/10/2019))
LI 2017/131 is cited by Acceptable Solution C/AS2: Buildings other than Risk Group SH from 27/06/2019
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C/AS2 (Amd 2) (First Edition, Amendment 2)
LI 2017/131 is cited by Acceptable Solution C/AS2: Buildings other than Risk Group SH from 27/06/2019
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C/AS2 (Amd 3) (First Edition, Amendment 3.)
LI 2017/131 is cited by Acceptable Solution C/AS2: Buildings other than Risk Group SH from 27/06/2019
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NZS 4541:2020
LI 2017/131 is cited by NZS 4541:2020 Automatic fire sprinkler systems