The Child Resistant Packaging and Tactile Danger Warnings (Safety) Regulations 1992

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“aerosol” means an article which consists of a non-reusable container containing a gas compressed, liquified or dissolved under pressure, with or without liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder, or in a liquid state;

“approved test house” means a laboratory which conforms with British Standard BS 7501(1);

“BS 7501” means British Standard 7501: 1989 published by the British Standards Institution and which came into effect on 31st October 1989;

“BS 2782”(2) means the British Standard Specification for determination of the viscosity of polymers in the liquid, emulsified or dispersed state using a rotational viscometer working at defined shear rate, BS 2782: 1978 (1991) published by the British Standards Institution and which came into effect on 31st October 1978;

“BS 7280”(3) means the British Standard Specification for requirements for tactile danger warnings for packaging BS 7280: 1990 published by the British Standards Institution and which came into effect on 28th February 1990;

“ISO 8317”(4) means the International Standard child-resistant packaging-requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages published by the International Standards Organisation and which came into effect on 20th August 1989;

“listed product” means anything specified in Schedule 1;

“reclosable packaging” means any packaging which, after it has been initially opened, is capable of being reclosed with a similar degree of security and capable of being used a sufficient number of times to dispense the total contents without loss of security;

“regulated product” means anything specified in Schedule 2;

“supply” includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(2) References in these Regulations to Schedules 1, 2 and 3 are references to Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to these Regulations.

(1)

ISBN 0 580 17939 7.

(2)

ISBN 0 580 103382.

(3)

ISBN 0 580 18175 8.

(4)

UDC 621 798-78-053.4.