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Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973)

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Declaration of Group I, Category B Hazardous Substances in terms of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973), 2024 - effective September 2025

2. Group I, Category B hazardous substances

 

The following are hereby declared as Group 1, Category B hazardous substances, namely:—

 

(1) Any pesticide or agricultural remedy that fulfils the criteria for substance of concern and restricted agricultural remedy under Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947), except for low risk products and subject to approved registration in terms of the mentioned Act including severely hazardous pesticides under Annex lll of the Rotterdam Convention.

 

(2) The declaration in paragraph (1) does not apply to:—
(a) Substances listed in the Classification and Labelling Inventory obtainable from the ECHA web site, https: //echa. europa. eu, and classified as Explosives in terms of the latest version of the UNGHS;
(b) Radioactive substances as defined in terms of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973);
(c) Prohibited substances or use of substances in terms of the Hazardous Substances Act. 1973  (Act  No. 15  of  1973)  as amended, or  the  Fertilizers,  Farm  Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947), or the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004) or National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) or any other legislation; and
(d) Substances and preparations and admixtures which are classified as scheduled substances under the Medicines and Related Substances ControlAct, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965).