1999 No. 303
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Economic Development, being a Department designated1 for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, and for measures related to consumer protection, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and, being the Department concerned3, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (4) and (5), and 2, 14 and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19784 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1)5 of that Order with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 18th August 1999.
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19956.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19547 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations3
For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following regulation—
4
In these Regulations, the “approved supply list” means the document approved by the Executive for the purposes of these Regulations and—
a
entitled “Information Approved for the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply (4th Edition)” approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 22nd October 1998;
b
as revised by the document entitled the “Approved Supply List supplement” approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 12th January 1999.
Transitional provisions4
Until 31st October 1999, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the principal regulations if the requirements of those Regulations are complied with as they had effect immediately before these Regulations came into operation.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)