What are the recent changes in the legislation for ‘hazardous substances’?
There are now two options for importers and manufacturers of ‘hazardous substances’ in relation to their classification and labelling. They can use the original system for classifying and labelling hazardous substances, renamed as the ‘AC classification system’, or the new international system, called the ‘GHS classification system’. In particular, the OSH regulations 1996 have been amended: • to allow the import of ‘hazardous substances’ that have been classified and labelled in accordance with the GHS classification system (explained below); • to allow local manufacturers of ‘hazardous substances’ the choice of classifying and labelling them in accordance with the GHS classification system (explained below); and • to require that, when manufacturers or importers classify and label a ‘hazardous substance’ according to the GHS classification system, they must disclose in its material safety data sheets (MSDS) the chemical names of the Type 1, Type II and Type III ingredients according
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