HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 15 OF 1973: GROUP II HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: DECLARATION
Notice Title: Hazardous Substances Act 15 of 1973 (“HSA”): Group II Hazardous Substances: Declaration
Government Notice: GN 2045 in GG 46288 on 29 April 2022
Commencing date: Comments to be submitted by 29 July 2022
The Minister of Health (“the Minister”), intents in terms of section 2(1)(a) of the HSA to declare certain substances and mixtures containing such substances, products, or materials to be Group II hazardous substances.
The substances include amongst other the following, subject to certain exclusions:
- Any substance or mixture of substances which in the course of customary or reasonable handling or use, including ingestion, by reason of its:
· Skin corrosion / irritation, category 1 (1A, or 1B or 1C);
· Serous eye damage / eye irritation, category 1 or 2A or;
· Respiratory sensitization, category 1; or
· Specific target organ toxicity-single exposure, category 2 or 3; or
· Specific target organ toxicity-repeated exposure, category 2; or
· Aspiration hazard, category 1 or 2; or
· Acute toxicity oral, skin or inhalation, category 3; or
· Skin sensitization, category 1; or
· Germ cell mutagenicity, category 2; or
· Carcinogenicity, category 2; or
· Reproductive toxicity, category 2.
- Listed as harmonised in the Classification and Labelling inventory obtainable from the ECHA website, and classified according to the hazard classification prescribed in the latest version of the United Nations Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments and inputs on or before 29 July 2022. For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here.
For assistance or queries please contact Gert van der Waal at gert@shangoni.co.za.
