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Application for Licence to Store Dangerous Goods

What are Dangerous Goods

"Dangerous Goods" are those substances defined as dangerous goods under the provisions of the Dangerous Goods Act 1974.

The Timaru District Council Environmental Health Unit carries out the following functions with regard to dangerous goods:

• Annual licensing of 290 approximately premises where dangerous goods are stored.
• Annual monitoring visits to all of the premises licensed.
• Response to inquiries relating to the storage and/or use of dangerous goods.
• Perusal of building consent applications for matters relating to dangerous goods and follow-up action as required.
• Perusal of resource consent applications referred to Dangerous Goods Inspector by the Planning Unit and follow-up action as required.

In practical terms the function relates to monitoring and licensing functions in regard to such things as petrol, diesel, LPG gas, solvents, plus a range of other substances.

In the near future the hazardous substance provisions of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 will come into force and Council's role will be as detailed by that Act. Dangerous Goods licensing and monitoring will continue during a transitional period of up to five years but after that time controls and monitoring will in general be carried out by other agencies.