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Deregulation Act 2015

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16After Schedule 1 (which is omitted by paragraph 1 of this Schedule) insert—

SCHEDULE 1ARegulated substances and reportable substances

PART 1Regulated explosives precursors
Name of substance and Chemical Abstracts Service Registry number (CAS RN)Concentration limit (weight in weight)
Hydrogen peroxide (CAS RN 7722-84-1)12% w/w
Nitromethane (CAS RN 75-52-5)30% w/w
Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2)3% w/w
Potassium chlorate (CAS RN 3811-04-9)40% w/w
Potassium perchlorate (CAS RN 7778-74-7)40% w/w
Sodium chlorate (CAS RN 7775-09-9)40% w/w
Sodium perchlorate (CAS RN 7601-89-0)40% w/w
PART 2Regulated poisons
Name of substance and Chemical Abstracts Service Registry number (CAS RN)Concentration limit (weight in weight)
Aluminium phosphide (CAS RN 20859-73-8)
Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2); its compounds, other than those listed in Part 4 of this Schedule
Barium (CAS RN 7440-39-3), salts of, other than barium sulphate (CAS RN 7727-43-7) and the salts of barium listed in Part 4 of this Schedule)
Bromomethane (CAS RN 74-83-9)
Chloropicrin (CAS RN 76-06-2)
Fluoroacetic acid (CAS RN 144-49-0); its salts; fluoroacetamide
Hydrogen cyanide (CAS RN 74-90-8); metal cyanides, other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides
Lead acetates (CAS RN 15347-57-6); compounds of lead with acids from fixed oils
Magnesium phosphide (CAS RN 12057-74-8)
Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6), compounds of, the following—nitrates of mercury; oxides of mercury; mercuric cyanide oxides; mercuric thio cyanate; ammonium mercuric chlorides; potassium mercuric iodides; organic compounds of mercury that contain a methyl (CH3) group directly linked to the mercury atom
Oxalic acid (CAS RN 144-62-7)10% w/w
Phenols (phenol; phenolic isomers of the following—cresols, xylenols, monoethylphenols); compounds of phenols with a metal60% w/w of phenols or, for compounds of phenols with a metal, the equivalent of 60% w/w of phenols
Phosphorus, yellow (CAS RN 7223-14-0)
Strychnine (CAS RN 57-24-9); its salts; its quaternary compounds
Thallium (CAS RN 7440-28-0), salts of
PART 3Reportable explosives precursors
  • Hexamine (CAS RN 100-97-0)

  • Sulphuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9)

  • Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1)

  • Potassium nitrate (CAS RN 7757-79-1)

  • Sodium nitrate (CAS RN 7631-99-4)

  • Calcium nitrate (CAS RN 10124-37-5)

  • Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAS RN 15245-12-2)

  • Ammonium nitrate (CAS RN 6484-52-2) in concentration of 16% by weight of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate or higher

PART 4Reportable poisons
Name of substance and Chemical Abstracts Service Registry number (CAS RN)Concentration limit (weight in weight or, where specified, total caustic alkalinity)
Note: for circumstances where requirements of this Act do not apply to a specified substance or mixture, see regulations made under section 9B.
Aldicarb (CAS RN 116-06-3)
Alpha-chloralose (CAS RN 15879-93-3)
Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7 and CAS RN 1336-21-6)10% w/w
Arsenic, compounds of, the following—calcium arsenites; copper acetoarsenite; copper arsenates; copper arsenites; lead arsenates
Barium, salts of, the following—barium carbonate; barium silicofluoride
Carbofuran (CAS RN 1563-66-2)
Cycloheximide (CAS RN 66-81-9)
Dinitrocresols (DNOC) (CAS RN 534-52-1); their compounds with a metal or a base
Dinoseb (CAS RN 88-85-7); its compounds with a metal or a base
Dinoterb (CAS RN 1420-07-1)
Drazoxolon; its salts
Endosulfan (CAS RN 115-29-7)
Endothal (CAS RN 145-73-3); its salts
Endrin (CAS RN 72-20-8)
Fentin (CAS RN 668-34-8), compounds of
Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)5% w/w
Formic acid (CAS RN 64-18-6)25% w/w
Hydrochloric acid (CAS RN 7647-01-0)10% w/w
Hydrofluoric acid (CAS RN 7664-39-3); alkali metal bifluorides; ammonium bifluoride (CAS RN 1341-49-7); alkali metal fluorides; ammonium fluoride (CAS RN 12125-01-8); sodium silicofluoride (CAS RN 16893-85-9)
Mercuric chloride (CAS RN 7487-94-7); mercuric iodide; organic compounds of mercury except compounds that contain a methyl (CH3) group directly linked to the mercury atom
Metallic oxalates
Methomyl (CAS RN 16752-77-5)
Nicotine (CAS RN 54-11-5); its salts; its quaternary compounds
Nitrobenzene (CAS RN 98-95-3)0.1% w/w
Oxamyl (CAS RN 23135-22-0)
Paraquat (CAS RN 4685-14-7), salts of
Phenols (as defined in Part 2 of this Schedule) in substances containing no more than 60%, weight in weight, of phenols; compounds of phenols with a metal in substances containing no more than the equivalent of 60%, weight in weight, of phenols
Phosphoric acid (CAS RN 7664-38-2)
Phosphorus compounds, the following—azinphos-methyl, chlorfenvinphos, demephion, demeton-S-methyl, demeton-S-methyl sulphone, dialifos, dichlorvos, dioxathion, disulfoton, fonofos, mecarbam, mephosfolan, methidathion, mevinphos, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion, phenkapton, phorate, phosphamidon, pirimiphos-ethyl, quinalphos, thiometon, thionazin, triazophos, vamidothion
Potassium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-58-3)17% of total caustic alkalinity
Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2)12% of total caustic alkalinity
Sodium nitrite
Thiofanox (CAS RN 39196-18-4)
Zinc phosphide (CAS RN 1314-84-7)

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