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Liability in regard to substance sold in a sealed package

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Restriction Goods 18/11/2011
Summary:
Description:

14. (1) Any person who, according to the label of any Group I or any Group II hazardous substance, which is sold in a sealed package, imported, manufactured or packed the substance in question, shall be presumed to have imported, manufactured or packed, as the case may be, such substance unless he proves that he did not import, manufacture or pack, as the case may be, such substance.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not relieve any person from liability incurred by him in terms of this Ordinance in respect of the sale of any substance referred to in that subsection.

15. No person shall be convicted on a charge of selling or importing a Group I or Group II hazardous substance in contravention of any provision of this Ordinance, if he proves -

(a) that he or his employer or principal acquired or imported the grouped hazardous substance in question under a written warranty complying with the provisions of section 16 and furnished to him or to his employer or principal; and

(b) in the case of a sale of the grouped hazardous substance in question, that he sold it in the condition in which he acquired or imported it, or, if it was acquired or imported by his employer or principal, that he at no relevant time had reason to suspect that it was in any other condition than that in which it was so acquired or imported.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

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

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Procedure on Application for licence on Importing Hazardous Substances
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import 30 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

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