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2016/79 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Personnel Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2016 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 18th day of April 2016 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council These regulations are made under section 140 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
1 2 3 4 1 2 Contents Title Commencement Principal regulations Regulation 7 and cross-heading revoked Regulations Page 1 1 2 2 Title These regulations are the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Person- nel Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2016.

Commencement These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notifi- cation in the Gazette.
1 r 3 3 4 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Personnel Qualifications) Amendment Regulations 2016 2016/79 Principal regulations These regulations amend the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Per- sonnel Qualifications) Regulations 2001 (the principal regulations).

Regulation 7 and cross-heading revoked Revoke regulation 7 and the cross-heading above regulation 7.

Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.


Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 7 April 2016, amend the Hazardous Sub- stances and New Organisms (Personnel Qualifications) Regulations 2001 (the princi- pal regulations).
The sole purpose of these regulations is to revoke regulation 7 of the principal regula- tions, which sets the qualifications for hazardous substances enforcement officers.

Regulation 7 is to be replaced by a notice issued by the Environmental Protection Au- thority under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.

These changes are consequential on the reforms implemented by the Hazardous Sub- stances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2015 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Regulatory impact statement The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact statement on 30 January 2014 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at— • • http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/workplace-health- and-safety-reform/document-and-image-library/ris-proposed-changes-whss- system.pdf http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/ris Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 21 April 2016.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.
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