The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2015

Amendment of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998

7.—(1) The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(2), after the definition of “the Act” insert—

““the CLP Regulation means Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, of which Articles 6(5), 11(3), 12, 14, 18(3)(b), 23, 25 to 29, 35(2) second and third sub-paragraphs and Annexes I to VII are to be read as amended from time to time;”.

(3) In Part 1 of the Schedule—

(a)for paragraph 2(a), substitute—

“(a)Biological agents of risk groups 3 and 4 within the meaning of points 3 and 4 of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks relating to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EC).”

(b)for paragraph 3(a), substitute—

“(a)Substances and mixtures which meet the criteria for classification under the CLP Regulation in one or more of the following hazard classes and hazard categories with one or more of the following hazard statements:

• acute toxicity, category 1, 2 or 3 (H300, H310, H330, H301, H311, H331);

• skin corrosion, category 1A, 1B or 1C (H314);

• flammable gas, category 1 or 2 (H220, H221);

• flammable aerosols, category 1 (H222);

• flammable liquid, category 1 or 2 (H224, H225);

• explosives, categories ‘Unstable explosive’, or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (H200, H201, H202, H203, H204, H205);

• self-reactive substances and mixtures, type A, B, C or D (H240, H241, H242);

• organic peroxides, type A or B (H240, H241);

• specific target organ toxicity after single exposure, category 1 or 2 (H370, H373);

• specific target organ toxicity after repeated exposure, category 1 or 2 (H372, H373);

• respiratory sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H334);

• skin sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H317);

• carcinogenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H350, H350i, H351);

• germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H340, H341);

• reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B (H360, H360F, H360FD, H360Fd, H360D, H360Df);”;

(c)omit paragraph 3(b) and (c); and

(d)for paragraph 3(d), substitute—

“(d)Substances and mixtures referred to in point (ii) of point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC);”.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule, for “Directive 90/394/EEC”, substitute “Directive 2004/37/EC”.