These Regulations extend the reference to dangerous substances in Article 3(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 to include environmentally hazardous substances. (Regulation 3. The term “environmentally hazardous substances” is defined in regulation 2.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to enable regulations to be made under Article 17 of that Order to implement the Directives referred to in regulation 2.

These Regulations revoke and remake with amendments the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) and the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”).

These Regulations add the Directives referred to in paragraphs (i) to (l) of regulation 2 to the Directives previously listed in the 1996 Regulations, as amended by the 2000 Regulations.

These Regulations have no impact on business.