Index to notes 1 General 2 Status of reprints 3 How reprints are prepared 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001 as at 9 June 2005, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of this reprint. 2 Status of reprints Under section 29A of the Evidence Act 1908, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint. For an outline of editorial changes made in reprints, see below. This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained. 3 How reprints are prepared The following conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints generally, and they have been followed, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: o the enacting words have been omitted o provisions that have been repealed or revoked are omitted, but a note indicates the repealing enactment or revoking provision o footnotes are included to indicate where--- o words, phrases, or provisions have been inserted or substituted, the commencement date of the amend- ment, and the particular enactment responsible for the change o references in a reprinted enactment to any repealed enactment have been replaced with a reference to any enactment that replaces, or corresponds to, the repealed enactment, in reliance on section 22(2) of the Interpretation Act 1999 o any term used in a reprinted enactment that has been deemed, by another enactment, to be read as if it were another term has been replaced by that other term o references in a reprinted enactment to amounts in pounds, shillings, and pence have been replaced by a reference to the equivalent amount in decimal currency (dollars and cents), in reliance on section 7 of the Decimal Currency Act 1964 o where the principal enactment has made a textual amendment to another enactment, and the amendment has been incorporated in a reprint of that other enactment, the text of the amendment is not reprinted in full in the reprint o where a provision of an amending enactment has made a textual amendment to the principal enactment, the provision of the amending enactment is not reprinted. 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would change the effect of the legislation are not permitted. A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current legislative drafting practice. In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are as follows, and they have been followed, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: o unnecessary referential words (such as "of this section" and "of this Act") have been omitted o typeface and type size have been changed to accord with current drafting practice (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point with 13.5 point leading) o the setting out of provisions has been changed to accord with current drafting practice. These changes include--- o changes to the indenting and layout of provisions o the repositioning of section headings, so that the number and heading appear above the section o the reformatting of definitions, so that the defined term appears in bold type, without quotation marks o dates are expressed in a manner consistent with current drafting practice (eg, a date formerly expressed as "the 1st day of January 1999" is now expressed as "1 January 1999") o the date of assent has been repositioned so that it appears on the front page of each Act o punctuation is consistent with current drafting practice (eg, colons are not used after definitions) o Parts numbered with roman numerals have been replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references changed accordingly o the case and appearance of letters and words have been changed to accord with current drafting practice o headings have been reformatted (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capitals have been changed so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper names) appearing with an initial capital) o letters appearing in small capitals in section and subsection references have been changed to capital letters (eg, "section 7---a" is now expressed as "section 7A") o schedules have been renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references changed accordingly o running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) have been altered to accord with current drafting practice. Two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals, have been reformatted, and rearranged into alphabetical order (rather than chronological), to accord with current drafting practice. 5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/253) Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/181) The Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001 are administered in the Ministry for the Environment.