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Regulations 4(2) and 6
1. Pyjamas, babies' garments, and cotton terry towelling bath robes (being children's nightwear) and adults' nightwear which are not made of fabric of a kind which after having been washed in accordance with Regulation 11 is capable of complying with the flammability performance requirements shall bear a label on which the following wording shall appear in red letters:—
“KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE”
2. Pyjamas, babies' garments, and cotton terry towelling bath robes (being children's nightwear) and adults' nightwear other than that described in paragraph 1 shall bear a label on which shall appear—
(a)in black letters, “LOW FLAMMABILITY TO BS 5722”; or
(b)the wording prescribed by paragraph 1; or
(c)the wording prescribed by both paragraph 1 and sub-paragraph (a).
3. All wording required by this Schedule shall appear on—
(a)a label securely attached to the inside of the neck of the garment; or
(b)a label securely attached to the garment immediately adjacent to any other label attached to the garment and giving details of the size of the garment; or
(c)any label securely attached to the garment and giving details of the size of the garment, in which case the wording required by this Schedule shall appear immediately under the details of the size of the garment.
4. All wording required by this Schedule shall be in medium letters of 10 point in upper case and shall be set out in legible and durable form on a background of a sufficiently different colour to enable the letters readily to be seen. Any label on which such wording appears shall itself be durable.
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