The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993

Meaning of the approved supply list and the approved carriage list

4.—(1) The “approved supply list” means the list entitled “Information Approved for the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply” approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 16th February 1993 for the purposes of these Regulations and comprises—

(a) in Part I—

(i) in column 1, a list of the names of the substances for which the Commission has approved information, and

(ii) in the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 respectively the index number and (if any) the CAS Number (for reference only) for the substance;

(b) in Part II—

(i) in column 1, a list of the index numbers of the substances for which the Commission has approved information, and

(ii) in the corresponding entries in column 2 the names of those substances;

(c) in Part III, a numbered list of the risk phrases and combinations of risk phrases which the Commission has approved;

(d) in Part IV, a numbered list of the safety phrases and combinations of safety phrases which the Commission has approved;

(e) in Part V, the information which the Commission has approved for each substance referred to in Part I, namely—

(i) in column 1, the index number and abbreviated name (for reference only), and

(ii) in the corresponding entries in columns 2 to 4 respectively the classification, the labelling data (including the EEC Number) and any concentration limits which the Commission has approved for the substance for the classification of preparations containing that substance;

(f) in Part VI, a list of the conventional oral toxicity (LD50) values which the Commission has approved in relation to pesticides for the purpose of classifying those pesticides in accordance with Schedule 5,

together with such notes and explanatory material as is requisite for the use of the list.

(2) The “approved carriage list” means the list entitled “Information Approved for the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Substances Dangerous for Carriage” first approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 16th February 1993 for the purpose of these Regulations and the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) Regulations 1992(1), as revised or re-issued from time to time, which comprises—

(a) in Part 1, a list of the substances dangerous for carriage for which the Commission has approved information,—

(i) in column 1, the name of the substance,

(ii) in column 2, the substance identification number,

(iii) in column 3, the classification for carriage and hazard warning,

(iv) in column 4, the packaging group (not relevant to these Regulations),

(v) in column 5, any subsidiary hazard, and

(vi) in column 6, any special provisions;

(b) in Part 2, a list of the groups of substances dangerous for carriage for which the Commission has approved information—

(i) in column 1, the description of the substances in the group,

(ii) in columns 2 to 6 the same information relating to the groups of substances as is shown in the corresponding columns in Part I,

(c) in Part 3, a list of the articles which are required to be treated as substances dangerous for carriage by virtue of regulation 3(5) for which the Commission has approved information—

(i) in column 1, the description of the article,

(ii) in columns 2 to 6 the same information relating to the article as is shown relating to substances in the corresponding columns in Part 1,

together with such notes and explanatory material as is requisite for the use of the list.

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S.I. 1992/742. In this paragraph any reference to a specified document shall operate as a reference to that document as revised or re-issued from time to time.