This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2006/2916 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

2007 No. 386

consumer protection

The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 11 of the Consumer Protection Act 19871.

In accordance with section 11(5) of that Act he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as he considers appropriate and the Health and Safety Commission.

Citation and Commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 12th March 2007.

Amendment

2

1

The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) Regulations 20062 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 1(2) there is substituted for the coming into force date of 24th August 2007 in respect of regulation 12 (Toluene) the coming into force date of 15th June 2007.

3

In regulation 8(4) (Fuel for decorative lamps) the words “which this” are omitted where they appear the second time.

3

1

The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20023 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 8(4) for “the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) Regulations 1994” there is substituted “the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) Regulations 2006”.

3

For regulation 8(5)(a) there is substituted:

a

a substance specified in regulation 7 of the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) Regulations 2006; or

Ian McCartneyMinister for Trade, Investment and Foreign AffairsDepartment of Trade and Industry
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations correct two errors in the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) Regulations 2006 (the principal Regulations). Regulation 1(2) provided that regulation 12 (Toluene) should come into force on 24th August 2007. These Regulations correct that date to 15th June 2007. They also remove two words in regulation 8(4) which were repeated. In addition regulation 3 amends the two references to the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) Regulations 1994 (which were revoked by the principal Regulations) in the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 to refer instead to the principal Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.