Application forms

Application forms required for the use and storage of hazardous substances under the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017

Certification of people

How to become a certified handler, an approved filler, or a compliance certifier.

Certification of equipment, plant and buildings

Certain plant, buildings and equipment require certification from a compliance certifier or an authorisation or approval from WorkSafe

Certification of sites

You may need to obtain a compliance certificate from a compliance certifier if you handle or store hazardous substances.

Compliance fees

WorkSafe applies fees for processing hazardous substance applications.

Compliance certificates

For the most hazardous substances, you will need one or more compliance certificate to confirm you are complying with the proper controls.

Transhipments

Activities relating to the transhipping of explosive substances in New Zealand may require a permit from WorkSafe.

Sodium fluoroacetate (1080)

How to apply for a 1080 import certificate, and what annual reporting is required if 1080 is present in your workplace.

Compliance certifiers: Obligations when issuing certificates and refusals

Advice on how to use discretion when issuing compliance certificates, when to consider conditional location compliance certificates, and when to notify us and businesses and organisations if a compliance certificate is refused.

Outdoor pyrotechnics display compliance certificates