The Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 No. 273

SCHEDULE 3 N.I. PROVISIONS FOR CLASSIFYING DANGEROUS PREPARATIONS

PART II N.I. CONCENTRATION LIMITS TO BE USED IN THE EVALUATION OF HEALTH HAZARDS

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 Pt. 2 in operation at 24.8.2009, see reg. 1

6.  carcinogenic effects, mutagenic effects, toxic effects for reproduction. N.I.

The systematic assessment of the dangerous health effects is expressed by means of concentration limits, expressed as weight/weight percentage except for gaseous preparations (Tables A) where they are expressed as a volume/volume percentage and in conjunction with the classification of a substance.

The classification of the substance is expressed either by a symbol and one or more risk phrases or by categories (category 1, category 2 or category 3) also expressed by risk phrases when substances are shown to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction. Therefore it is important to consider, in addition to the symbol, all the phrases denoting specific risks which are assigned to each substance under consideration.