Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Amendments to various enactments

20.—(1) The Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(1) 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 (Northern Ireland) 1985 (S.R. 1985 No. 81)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 9 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”; and

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

“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 (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(2) In the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(2) the first note following the table in Part II of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows—

(a) after “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 (Northern Ireland) 1985 (S.R. 1985 No. 81 amended by S.R. 1988 No. 288, S.R. 1989 No. 182, S.R. 1990 No. 120 and S.R. 1990 No. 303)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 5 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) I993 (S.R. 1993, No. 412)”.

(3) In the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(3) for paragraph 13(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—

“(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 (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(4) In the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(4), in regulation 18(3)(a), and in paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2, for the words “the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985” in each place there shall be substituted the words “the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(5) In the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990(5) in regulation 2(1), for sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “substances hazardous to health” there shall be substituted—

“(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 (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412) 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;”.

(6) The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(6) shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 9.

(7) The Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(7) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) for the definition of “the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted—

““the 1993 Regulations” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412);”,

(ii) in the definition of “classification” for the words “regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”, and

(iii) in the definition of “dangerous substance” for the words “which is dangerous for conveyance within the meaning of the 1985 Regulations,” there shall be substituted the words “dangerous for carriage within the meaning of the 1993 Regulations,”; and

(b) in paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 1 for “the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted “the 1993 Regulations” and for the word “conveyed” there shall be substituted the word “carried”.

(8) In the Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(8), in regulation 7(3), for the words “which is dangerous for conveyance (within the meaning of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985)” there shall be substituted the words “dangerous for carriage within the meaning of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(9) In the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(9), in regulation 3 for the words “regulation 5 of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 (S.R. 1985 No. 81 amended by S.R. 1988 No. 288, S.R. 1989, No. 182, S.R. 1990 No. 120 and S.R. 1990 No. 303)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 5 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(10) In the packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(10), in regulation 2(1) in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “explosives” for the words “the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985” there shall be substituted the words “the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412)”.

(11) The enactments relating to the flash point of flammable liquids specified in Column 1 of Schedule 10 shall be amended to the extent set out in Column 2 of that Schedule.

(1)

S.R. 1985 No. 63, amended by S.R. 1986 No. 188 and S.R. 1991 No. 472

(2)

S.R. 1985 No. 175, Schedule 2 was substituted by regulation 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1991 No. 141

(3)

S.R. 1986 No. 247, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(4)

S.R. 1988 No. 74, amended by S.R. 1993 No. 26

(5)

S.R. 1990 No. 374, amended by S.R. 1992 No. 61 and S.R. 1993 No. 41

(6)

S.R. 1991 No. 509

(7)

S.R. 1992 No. 71

(8)

S.R. 1993 No. 83

(9)

S.R. 1993 No. 41

(10)

S.R. 1993 No. 268