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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (FIREWORKS, SAFETY AMMUNITION, AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES TRANSFER) REGULATIONS 2003 SR 2003/176 Pursuant to section 160 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations. Contents (List of Sections) 1. Title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Deemed assessment and approval 5. Deemed hazard classification 6. Application of controls and changes to controls SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 FIREWORKS SCHEDULE 2 SAFETY AMMUNITION SCHEDULE 3 OTHER EXPLOSIVES SCHEDULE 4 CHANGES TO CONTROLS RELATING TO FIREWORKS SCHEDULE 5 CHANGES TO CONTROLS RELATING TO SAFETY AMMUNITION SCHEDULE 6 CHANGES TO CONTROLS RELATING TO OTHER EXPLOSIVES REGULATIONS 1. Title— These regulations are the Hazardous Substances (Fireworks, Safety Ammunition, and Other Explosives Transfer) Regulations 2003. 2. Commencement— These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette. 3. Interpretation— In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— ``Act means the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 ``Authority means the Environmental Risk Management Authority established under section 14 of the Act ``criteria, in relation to a subclass, means the criteria set out in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Hazardous Substances (Classification) Regulations 2001 ``firework has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Act. 4. Deemed assessment and approval— (1) On the commencement of these regulations, the substances described in Schedules 1 to 3 (fireworks, safety ammunition, and other explosives) that were, immediately before that commencement, subject to Part 15 of the Act cease to be subject to that Part. (2) The substances described in Schedules 1 to 3 are deemed to have been assessed and approved by the Authority under section 29