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

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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.