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

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Declaration of Group II Hazardous Substances in terms of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973), 2023 - effective September 2025

2. Group II Hazardous Substances

 

The following are hereby declared as Group JI hazardous substances, namely:—

 

Any substance or mixture of substances which in the course of customary or reasonable handling or use, including ingestion, by reason of its;

 

(a) skin corrosion/irritation, category 1,(1A, or 1B or 1C)* or
(b) serous eye damage/eye irritation, category 1or 2A or;
(c) respiratory sensitzation, category 1;or
(d) specific target organtoxicity slngle exposure (STOT-SE), category 2 or 3;
(e) specific target organtoxicity-repeated exposure (STOT-RE), category 2 or;
(f) aspiration hazard, category 1or 2 or;
(g) acute toxicity oral, skin or inhalation, category 3 or;
(h) skin sensitization, category 1or;
(i) germ cell mutagenlcity, category 2 or;
(j) carcinogenicity, category 2 or;
(k) reproductive toxicity, category 2 or;
(l) aspiration hazard category 1 or 2;

 

as listed in the Classification and Labelling Inventory obtainable from the ECHA web site, https://echa.europa.eu and classified according to the hazard classification prescribed in the latest version of the *UNGHS , is hereby declared as Group II hazardous substance.