(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) extend the reference to dangerous substances in section 1(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) to include environmentally hazardous substances. The purpose of the 2002 Regulations is to enable regulations to be made under section 15 of the 1974 Act to implement the Directives referred to in regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations.
These Regulations amend regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations to add references to Directives 1999/45/EC and 2000/18/EC and Commission Directives 2003/28/EC and 2003/29/EC so that Regulations can be made under section 15 of the 1974 Act to implement these Directives.