The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993

Revocations and modifications

21.—(1) The following regulations are hereby revoked namely—

(a) the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984(1);

(b) the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances (Amendment) Regulations 1986(2);

(c) the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances (Amendment) Regulations 1988(3);

(d) the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances (Amendment) Regulations 1989(4); and

(e) the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances (Amendment) Regulations 1990(5);

(2) Where a substance or preparation dangerous for supply or carriage is required to be labelled in accordance with these Regulations and is so labelled, that labelling shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of—

(a) section 5 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928(6) including that section as applied to any dangerous substance by an Order in Council made undersection 19 of that Act;

(b) regulations 6 and 7 of the Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972(7); and

(c) regulations 3 and 4 of the Farm and Garden Chemicals Regulations 1971(8).

(3) The following Local Acts shall be modified in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) below—

(a) in section 4 of Part II of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1912(9), for the definition of “flash point” there shall be substituted the following definition—

‘ “flash point” means the flash point determined in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746)’;

(b) in section 38 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939(10) for subsection (2A), there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(2A) In this section, “flash point” means the flash point determined in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746). ”.

(4) The Notification of New Substances Regulations 1982(11) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 4(1)(c)(ii) for the words “Regulation 8 of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 1244)” there shall be substituted the words “Regulation 9 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746)”; and

(b) at the end of Schedule 3 for the existing Note there shall be substituted the following Note—

“Note: (This Note does not form part of Article 16(2)). The data required under this Schedule may be ascertained in accordance with regulation 9 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746). ”.

(5) In the first Note following the table in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984(12)—

(a) after the words “assigned categories” there shall be inserted the words “of danger”; and

(b) for the words “regulation 5 of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1244 amended by S.I. 1986/1922, S.I. 1988/766, S.I. 1989/2208 and S.I. 1990/1255)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 5 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746) (which relates to the classification of substances and preparations dangerous for supply)”.

(6) For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 14 in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985(13) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(2) In this paragraph “dangerous substance” means a substance which is dangerous for carriage within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746) ”

(7) The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987(14) shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 9.

(8) In the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987(15), in regulation 18(3)(a), and paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2, for the words “the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984” there shall be substituted the words “the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746)”.

(9) For sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “substance hazardous to health” in regulation 2(1) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988(16) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) a substance which is listed in Part I of the approved supply list as dangerous for supply within the meaning of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746) and for which an indication of danger specified for the substance in Part V of that list is very toxic, toxic, harmful, corrosive or irritant; ”.

(10) In the Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations 1989(17), in regulation 7(3), for the words “conveyance (within the meaning of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984” there shall be substituted the words “carriage within the meaning of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746)”.

(11) In the Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990(18)—

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) for the definition of “the 1984 Regulations” there shall be substituted the following definition—

‘ “the 1993 Regulations” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746);’;

(ii) in the definition of “classification” for the words “regulation 6 of the 1984 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”;

(iii) in the definition of “dangerous substance” for the words “conveyance within the meaning of the 1984 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “carriage within the meaning of the 1993 Regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 1 for the words “the 1984 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “the 1993 Regulations” and for the words “conveyed by road” substitute the word “carried”.

(12) In sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “explosives” in regulation 2(1) of the Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations 1991(19), for the words “the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984” there shall be substituted the words “the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746)”.

(13) The provision of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928(20) referred to incolumn 1 of Part I of Schedule 10 and the provisions of the instruments referred to in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule (all of which relate to the flash points of flammable liquids) shall be modified to the extent specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.

(1)

S.I. 1984/1244.

(2)

S.I. 1986/1922.

(3)

S.I. 1988/766.

(4)

S.I. 1989/2208.

(5)

S.I. 1990/1255.

(6)

1928 c. 32.

(7)

S.I. 1972/917, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(8)

S.I. 1971/729.

(9)

1912 c.civ; section 4 was amended by section 4 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1981 (c.xvii).

(10)

1939 c.xcvii; section 38 was amended by section 5 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1981 (c.xvii).

(11)

S.I. 1982/1496, amended by S.I. 1984/1244, S.I. 1986/890 and S.I. 1991/1914.

(12)

S.I. 1984/1902; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/2325.

(13)

S.I. 1985/2023.

(14)

S.I. 1987/37.

(15)

S.I. 1987/2115, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(16)

S.I. 1988/1657, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(17)

S.I. 1989/615.

(18)

S.I. 1990/304.

(19)

S.I. 1991/2097.

(20)

1928 c. 32.