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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulated products that must be notified

70: Declaration of prohibited substance

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"When can a substance be banned for being unsafe?"

The Director-General can declare a substance to be prohibited if they think it is not safe for use in a product that must be notified. You can find out more about what this means by looking at the rules for secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. When the Director-General makes this declaration, it is a type of secondary legislation.

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Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

70Declaration of prohibited substance

  1. The Director-General may declare a substance to be a prohibited substance if satisfied that the substance is unsafe for use in a notifiable product.

  2. A declaration under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 70: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).
  • Section 70(2): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).