Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

1.  These Regulations further amend the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 60) by introducing a reference to a new edition of the approved supply list (which prescribes agreed classification and labelling for many common chemical substances) which adds mineral wools, refractory ceramic fibres and special purpose fibres to that list.

2.  The Regulations thereby implement for Northern Ireland Commission Directive 97/69/EC (O.J. No. L343, 13.12.97, p. 19) adapting to technical progress for the 23rd time Council Directive 67/548/EEC (O.J. No. L196, 16.8.67, p. 1) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances.

3.  Copies of the approved supply list (ISBN 0 7176 1641 X) are available from Dillons Books, 44-46 Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5EE or from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6FS.

4.  In Great Britain the corresponding Regulations are the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3106). The Health and Safety Executive has prepared a cost benefit assessment in relation to those Regulations and a copy of that assessment, together with a Northern Ireland Supplement prepared by the Department of Economic Development, is held at that Department’s offices at 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FJ, from where copies may be obtained on request.