Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (Reprint as at 31 August 2005) 044 An Act to restate and reform the law relating to the management of hazardoussubstances and new organisms 1 Short Title and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act1996. (2) This Act shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and 1 or more Orders in Council may be made fixingdifferent dates for different provisions and for different purposes.Section 1(2): Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 brought intoforce for all purposes, on 2 July 2001, by clause 2 of the Hazardous Substancesand New Organisms Act Commencement Order (No 2) 2001 (SR 2001/171). Part 1 Preliminary 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,---advertisement means any publication to the community or to any section of thecom...