Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 Biocidal product-types and their descriptions

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Product-type	Description
MAIN GROUP 1	Disinfectants and general biocidal products These product-types exclude cleaning products that are not intended to have a biocidal effect, including washing liquids, powders and similar products.
1  Human hygiene biocidal products	Products used for human hygiene purposes.
2  Private area and public health area disinfectants and other biocidal products	Products (which are not used for direct food or feedingstuff contact) used for the disinfection of air, surfaces, materials, equipment and furniture in private, public and industrial areas, including hospitals, as well as products used as algaecides. Usage areas include swimming pools, aquariums, bathing and other waters; air-conditioning systems; walls and floors in health and other institutions; chemical toilets, waste water, hospital waste, soil or other substrates (in playgrounds).
3  Veterinary hygiene biocidal products	Products used for veterinary hygiene purposes including products used in areas in which animals are housed, kept or transported.
4  Food and feed area disinfectants	Products used for the disinfection of equipment, containers, consumption utensils, surfaces or pipework associated with the production, transport, storage or consumption of food, feed or drink (including drinking water) for humans and animals.
5  Drinking water disinfectants	Products used for the disinfection of drinking water (for both humans and animals).
MAIN GROUP 2	Preservatives
6  In-can preservatives	Products used for the preservation of manufactured products, other than food or feedingstuff, in containers by the control of microbial deterioration to ensure their shelf life.
7  Film preservatives	Products used for the preservation of films or coatings by the control of microbial deterioration in order to protect the initial properties of the surface of materials or objects such as paints, plastics, sealants, wall adhesives, binders, papers, art works.
8  Wood preservatives	Products (both preventive and curative) used for the preservation of wood, from and including the saw-mill stage, or wood products by the control of wood-destroying or wood-disfiguring organisms.
9  Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives	Products used for the preservation of fibrous or polymerised materials, such as leather, rubber or paper or textile products and rubber by the control of microbiological deterioration.
10  Masonry preservatives	Products used for preservation and remedial treatment of masonry or other construction materials other than wood by the control of microbiological and algal attack.
11  Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems	Products used for the preservation of water (other than drinking water) or other liquids used in cooling and processing systems by the control of harmful organisms such as microbes, algae and mussels.
12  Slimicides	Products used for the prevention or control of slime growth on materials, equipment and structures, used in industrial processes, such as on wood and paper pulp or porous sand strata in oil extraction.
13  Metalworking-fluid preservatives	Products used for the preservation of metalworking fluids by the control of microbial deterioration.
MAIN GROUP 3	Pest control
14  Rodenticides	Products used for the control of mice, rats or other rodents.
15  Avicides	Products used for the control of birds.
16  Molluscicides	Products used for the control of molluscs.
17  Piscicides	Products used for the control of fish except products for the treatment of fish diseases.
18  Insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods	Products used for the control of arthropods (including insects, arachnids and crustaceans).
19  Repellents and attractants	Products used to control harmful organisms (invertebrates such as fleas, vertebrates such as birds), by repelling or attracting, including those that are used for human or veterinary hygiene either directly or indirectly.
MAIN GROUP 4	Other Biocidal products
20  Preservatives for food or feedstocks	Products used for the preservation of food or feedstocks by the control of harmful organisms.
21  Antifouling products	Products used to control the growth and settlement of fouling organisms (microbes and higher forms of plant or animal species) on vessels, aquaculture equipment or other structures used in water.
22  Embalming and taxidermist fluids	Products used for the disinfection and preservation of human or animal corpses, or parts thereof.
23  Control of other vertebrates	Products used for the control of vermin.