The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 11th November 1996.

2.  The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) Regulations 1994(1) are amended as follows:—

(a)by substituting the following for regulation 1(2)—

“(2) In these Regulations—

“the approved supply list” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the CHIP Regulations;

“the CHIP Regulations” means in Great Britain the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994(b) and in Northern Ireland the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(c);

“medicinal product” means—

an article or substance to which provisions of the Medicines Act 1968 apply by virtue of an order made under section 104 or 105 of that Act;

“motor fuel” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(1) of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1994(h);

“the prescribed concentration” of any substance means either—

“supply” includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply; and

“veterinary product” means—

and by adding the following corresponding footnotes—

“(b) S.I. 1994/3247, amended by S.I. 1996/1092.

(c) S.R. 1995 No. 60.

(d) S.I. 1994/3144.

(e) 1968 c. 67.

(f) S.I. 1995/2808.

(g) S.I. 1994/105, amended by S.I. 1994/889, 1995/541 and 1996/482.

(h) S.I. 1994/2295.

(i) S.I. 1994/2987.”;

(b)by adding the following after regulation 2—

“2A.  Regulations 6A, 6B and 6C below shall not apply to—

(a)a medicinal product;

(b)a veterinary product;

(c)a cosmetic product within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989(f);

(d)motor fuel which complies with the relevant requirements of regulation 5 of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1994(g);

(e)mineral oil products intended for use as fuel in mobile or fixed combustion plants;

(f)fuels sold in closed systems; or

(g)artists' paints.” and by adding the following corresponding footnotes—

“(f) S.I. 1989/2233.

(g) S.I. 1994/2295.”;

(c)in regulation 3(2) by deleting the words which follow the words “dangerous for supply”—'', by substituting therefor the words “within the meaning of the CHIP Regulations.” and by deleting the corresponding footnote;

(d)by adding the following after regulation 6—

“Carcinogens

6A.  Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—

(a)listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations under the heading “Carcinogenic substances of Category 1” or “Carcinogenic substances of Category 2”; and

(b)required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled “toxic (T)” or “very toxic (T+)” together with standard risk phrase R45 (“may cause cancer”) or R49 (“may cause cancer by inhalation”) (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.

Mutagens

6B.  Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—

(a)listed in Schedule 2 to these regulations under the heading “Mutagenic substances of Category 1” or “Mutagenic substances of Category 2”; and

(b)required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled with standard risk phrase R46 (“may cause heritable genetic damage”) (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.

Substances toxic for reproduction

6C.  Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—

(a)listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations under the heading “Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 1” or “Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 2”; and

(b)required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled with standard risk phrase R60 (“may impair fertility”) or R61 (“may cause harm to the unborn child”) or both R60 and R61 (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.

Chlorinated solvents

6D.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or preparation containing any of the following in concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1% by mass—

(a)chloroform (CAS No. 67-66-3)(a);

(b)carbon tetrachloride (CAS No. 56-23-5);

(c)1,1,2 — trichloroethane (CAS No. 79-00-5);

(d)1,1,2,2 — tetrachloroethane (CAS No. 79-34-5);

(e)1,1,1,2 — tetrachloroethane (CAS No. 630-20-6);

(f)pentachloroethane (CAS No. 76-01-7);

(g)1,1 — dichloroethylene (CAS No. 75-35-4);

(h)1,1,1 — trichloroethane (CAS No. 71-55-6)

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to—

(a)a medicinal product;

(b)a veterinary product; or

(c)a cosmetic product within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989(b).”;

(e)by adding the following corresponding footnotes in relation to regulation 6D—

“(a)“CAS Nos.” are the numbers assigned to the substances by the Chemical Abstracts Service.

(b)S.I. 1989/2233.”;

(f)by re-numbering the Schedule as Schedule 1; and

(g)by adding as Schedule 2 the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations.