Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1A inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 8 (with reg. 2 as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
6.1.4.1. Aerosol dispensers shall be subject to one of the following final test methods.E+W+S
(a)Hot water bath test
Each filled aerosol dispenser shall be immersed in a hot water bath.
(i)The temperature of the water bath and the duration of the test shall be such that the internal pressure reaches that which would be exerted by its contents at a uniform temperature of 50°C.
(ii)Any aerosol dispenser showing visible permanent distortion or a leak must be rejected.
(b)Hot final test methods
Other methods for heating the contents of aerosol dispensers may be used if they guarantee that the pressure and temperature in each filled aerosol dispenser reach the values required for the hot water bath test and distortions and leaks are detected with same precision as in the case of the hot water bath test.
(c)Cold final test methods
An alternative cold final test method may be used if it is in accordance with the provisions of an alternative method to the hot water bath test for aerosol dispensers in paragraph 6.2.6.3.2 of Chapter 6.2 of Part 6 of Annex A to the European Agreement on the international carriage of dangerous goods by road.]