STEP 3: Is your product hazardous?
If your product has one or more hazardous properties it must be approved under the HSNO Act. Non-hazardous substances do not require an approval.
To classify your product yourself follow the rules in our classification guide.
Or you can ask us to provide informal advice on whether your product is covered, through a Status of substance (SOS) request.
If your substance does not have any hazardous properties, it is exempt from the HSNO Act and you do not have to take any further action.
If your substance is hazardous, proceed to Step 4.
If your product is a pesticide, veterinary medicine, timber treatment chemical, fumigant or vertebrate toxic agent go to Step 6.
STEP 4: Are all the hazardous components of your product on the New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals (NZIoC)?
To be covered by a group standard approval, all the hazardous components of your substance must appear on the NZIoC.
If you have a hazardous component that does not appear on the NZIoC you will need to notify the EPA of the new chemical component.
STEP 5: Assign the product to a group standard
Group standards are based on the use and/or the hazardous properties of a product. To determine which group standard your product fits, find a group standard from the list that matches the use and hazard properties of your product. Then check the Section 3 “Scope” of the group standard to make sure your product is covered.
If your product doesn’t match a group standard you will need to make an application.
STEP 6: Matching pesticides veterinary medicines, timber treatment chemicals, fumigants or vertebrate toxic agents
Check the controls for approved hazardous substances database for products already approved with the same active.
If you can’t find a match make a Status of Substance request and we can provide informal advice on whether your substance is covered by an existing approval.