The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Amendment of the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

4.—(1) The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “acoustic signal” insert—

““the CLP Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, of which Articles 6(5), 11(3), 12, 14, 18(3)(b), 23, 25 to 29, 35(2) second and third sub-paragraphs and Annexes I to VII are to be read as amended from time to time;”.

(3) In regulation 3(a)—

(a) for “dangerous” substitute “hazardous”; and

(b) for “preparation” substitute “mixture”.

(4) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Part I, for paragraph 12 substitute—

“12.   Areas, rooms or enclosures used for the storage of significant quantities of hazardous substances or mixtures shall be indicated by a suitable warning sign taken from paragraph 3.2 of Part II, or marked as provided in paragraph 1 of Part III, unless the labelling of individual packages or containers is adequate for this purpose. If there is no equivalent warning sign in paragraph 3.2 of Part II to warn about hazardous chemical substances or mixtures, the relevant hazard pictogram, as laid down in Annex V to the CLP Regulation, shall be used.”; and

(b) in Part II, after paragraph 2.2 insert—

“2.3.   The “General danger” warning sign shall not be used to warn about hazardous substances or mixtures, except for cases where the warning sign is used to indicate stores of a number of hazardous substances or mixtures in accordance with paragraph 5 of Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.”;

(c) in paragraph 3.2 of Part II, delete the warning sign for ‘Harmful or irritant material’;

(d) in Part III—

(i) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   Containers used at work for chemical substances or mixtures classified as hazardous according to the criteria for any physical or health hazard class in accordance with the CLP Regulation, and containers used for storage of such hazardous substances or mixtures, together with the visible pipes containing or transporting such hazardous substances or mixtures, shall be labelled with the relevant hazard pictograms in accordance with that Regulation.

Paragraph 1 does not apply to containers used at work for brief periods nor to containers whose contents change frequently, provided that alternative adequate measures are taken, in particular for information and/or training which guarantee the same level of protection.

The labels referred to in paragraph 1 may be:

• replaced by warning signs as provided for in Part II, using the same pictograms or symbols. If there is no equivalent warning sign in Schedule 1, Part II, the relevant hazard pictogram, as laid down in Annex V to the CLP Regulation shall be used.

• supplemented by additional information, such as the name and/or formula of the hazardous substance or mixture and details of the hazard.

• for the transporting of containers at the place of work, supplemented or replaced by signs applicable throughout the Union for the transport of hazardous substances or mixtures.”; and

(ii) in paragraph 5, for “dangerous substances or preparations”, in both places where it occurs substitute “hazardous substances or mixtures”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 119, as amended by S.R. 1997 No. 247, S.R. 1999 No. 150, S.R. 2000 No. 388, S.R. 2006 No. 173, S.R. 2010 No. 160 and revoked in part by S.R. 2006 No. 1