Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Classification by the conventional method as very toxic

7.—(1) The following preparations shall be classified as very toxic owing to their acute lethal effects and assigned the symbol “T+”, the indication of danger “very toxic” and the risk phrase R26, R27 or R28 –

(a) preparations containing one or more substances classified as very toxic that produce such effects, in individual concentrations equal to or exceeding –

(i) either the concentration specified in the approved supply list for the substance or substances under consideration, or

(ii) the concentration specified in paragraph 1 of Part II of this Schedule (Table I or Table IA) where the substance or substances do not appear in the approved supply list or appear in it without concentration limits;

(b) preparations containing more than one substance classified as very toxic in lower individual concentrations than the limits specified in the approved supply list or in paragraph 1 of Part II of this Schedule (Table I or Table IA), if the sum of the quotients obtained by dividing the percentage weight of each very toxic substance in the preparation by the very toxic limit specified for that substance is 1 or more, i.e. –

where –

• P_T+ is the percentage by weight of each very toxic substance in the preparation,

• L_T+ is the very toxic limit specified for each very toxic substance expressed as a percentage by weight or by volume.

(2) The following preparations shall be classified as very toxic owing to their non-lethal irreversible effects after a single exposure and assigned the symbol “T+”, the indication of danger “very toxic” and the risk phrase R39/route of exposure –

• Preparations containing one or more dangerous substances which produce such effects in individual concentrations equal to or exceeding –

  (i)

  either the concentration specified in the approved supply list for the substance or substances under consideration, or

  (ii)

  the concentration specified in paragraph 2 of Part II of this Schedule (Table II or Table IIA) where the substance or substances do not appear in the approved supply list or appear in it without concentration limits.