The Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 1988

PART I amendments to schedule 2 to the principal regulations

1.  In Column 1, after the words “Ammonium nitrate” insert “(a)”, and opposite thereto in Columns 2 and 3 for “500*” and “5,000*” substitute “350” and “2,500” respectively.

2.  In Column 1, after the entry for “Ammonium nitrate”, insert the entry “Ammonium nitrate in the form of fertilizers (b)”, and opposite thereto in Columns 2 and 3 insert “1,250” and “10,000” respectively.

3.  In Column 3, opposite the entry for “Chlorine” in Column 1, for “200” substitute “75”. 4. In Column 3, opposite the entries for “Liquid oxygen” and “Sodium chlorate” inColumn 1, delete each asterisk.

5.  In Column 1, after the entry for “Sulphur dioxide”, insert the entry “Sulphur trioxide”, and opposite thereto in Columns 2 and 3 insert “15” and “100” respectively.

6.  For the asterisked footnote below the table substitute the following footnotes—

“(a) This applies to ammonium nitrate and mixtures of ammonium nitrate where the nitrogen content derived from the ammonium nitrate is > 28% by weight and to aqueous solutions of ammonium nitrate where the concentration of ammonium nitrate is > 90% by weight.

(b) This applies to straight ammonium nitrate fertilizers which comply with Council Directive 80/876/EEC “on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to straight ammonium nitrate fertilizers of high nitrogen content”((1)) and to compound fertilizers where the nitrogen content derived from the ammonium nitrate is > 28% by weight (a compound fertilizer contains ammonium nitrate together with phosphate and/or potash).”

(1)

OJ No. L250, 23.9.80, p.7.