The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 10th January 1997.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994(1).

Amendment to the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1), after the definition “occupational exposure standard” the following definition shall be inserted—

““preparation” means a mixture or solution of two or more substances;”.

(3) In regulation 13(1)—

(a) the words “ethylene oxide,” shall be deleted; and

(b) for the words “except that this regulation” shall be substituted the words “except that paragraph (2)”.

(4) In regulation 15(1), for the words “article 4, 5 or 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1989” shall be substituted the words “article 4, 6 or 8 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 263)”.

(5) For Schedule 1 shall be substituted the Schedule set out in these Regulations.

(6) In column 1 of Schedule 2, entry 11(b) shall be replaced by the following entry—

“(b) waste covered by Council Directives 75/442/EEC (OJ No. L194, 25.7.75, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC (OJ No. L78, 26.3.91, p. 32), and 91/689/EEC (OJ No. L377, 31.12.91, p. 20).”.

(7) In Schedule 4—

(a) the words “Vapour or” shall be deleted from the second entry in column 1; and

(b) the words “while the process is being carried on” shall be inserted after the words “Every 14 days” in the second entry in column 2.

(8) In Schedule 5 the words “1-Naphthylamine and its salts.” shall be deleted from the fourth entry in column 1.

(9) In Schedule 6 the words “Ethylene oxide” shall be deleted from column 1 and the words “Fumigations carried out for research.” and “Fumigations in fumigation chambers.” shall be deleted from the corresponding entry in column 2.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Environment.

11th December 1996