2009 No. 238
The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment1, being the Department concerned2 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 (“the 1972 Act”) and Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6)4 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (4) and (5), 2(2), 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19785.
The Department was designated6 for the purpose of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, and for measures relating to consumer protection.
The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)7 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)8.
The Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for references in these Regulations to:
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the Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures9, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC10 and 1999/45/EC11, and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1907/200612 be construed as including references to Articles 6(5), 11(3), 12, 14, 18(3)(b), 23, 25 to 29, 35(2) second and third sub-paragraphs and Annexes I to VII of that Regulation as amended from time to time; and
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the Regulation (EC) No. 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals13 be construed as including references to Annexes I and V of that Regulation as those Annexes are amended from time to time.