The Marketing and Use of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations –

“CAS Number” means a number described in the CAS Registry Handbook, ISSN 0093-058X, published in instalments from 1965 to 1971 with supplements for 1972 to 1976, 1977 to 1981, 1982 to 1986, 1987 to 1991, 1992 to 1996, and single year supplements from 1997 to 2002 by the Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society, Columbus, Ohio, USA;

“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

“the Directive” means Council Directive 76/769/EEC(1) as amended by Council Directive 91/173/EEC(2) and Commission Directive 99/51/EC(3);

“HCDD” means all the isomers of hexachlorodibenzoparadioxin;

“industrial installation” means an industrial installation not emitting or discharging PCP in quantities greater than those prescribed by existing legislation;

“PCP” means pentachlorophenol CAS Number 87-86-5 and its salts and esters; and

“preparations” and “substances” have the meanings assigned by Article 1.3 of Council Directive 76/769/EEC.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(1)

O.J. No. L262, 27.9.76, p. 201

(2)

O.J. No. L85, 5.4.91, p. 34

(3)

O.J. No. L142, 5.6.99, p. 22

(4)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)