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Measure

Licences

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Licensing Requirement Goods 25/06/1975
Summary:

A license for Group I-hazardous substances can only be issued to importers for specific purposes, including sale for mining or industrial use, to licensed wholesale distributors, pharmacists, government departments, laboratories, research institutions, or educational institutions.

Description:

3. A licence shall not be issued except: -

(a) to an importer of Group I-hazardous substances exclusively for the sale thereof -

(i) for mining or industrial purposes; 

(ii) to a wholesale distributor in possession of a licence;

(iii) to a registered pharmacist in possession of a licence;

(iv) to a Government Department or the Administration;

(v) to a bona fide laboratory or research institution;

(vi) to a bona fide educational institution;

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 9302.00 Revolvers and pistols (excluding those of heading 93.03 or 93.04)
2 2920 Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: (2920.30 - Endosulfan (ISO))
3 2924 Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid: Monocrotophos (ISO) and Phosphamidon (ISO):
4 2910 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: Dieldrin (ISO, INN)
5 2930 Organo-sulphur compounds: Aldicarb (ISO) and methamidophos (ISO):
6 2803 Carbon(Carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
7 2804 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
8 2806 Hydrogen chloride(hydrochlororic acid); chlorosulphuric acid
9 2807 Sulphuric acid; oleum
10 2808 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids
11 2811 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals

Procedures Implementing the Measure

No procedures found under this measure.

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Hazardous Substances Ordinance 14 of 1974 Order Import/Export