Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

The Department of Economic Development, being a Department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, and for measures related to consumer protection, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and, being the Department concerned3, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 17(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (4) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19784 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations: