1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) Regulations 2006.
(2) These Regulations, with the exception of regulations 5, 11 and 12, shall come into force on 4th December 2006, regulation 5 shall come into force on 24th August 2007, regulation 11 shall come into force on 16th January 2007 and regulation 12 shall come into force on 24th August 2007.
(3) The Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are revoked to the extent and on the dates there specified.
(4) The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows:
(a)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”; and
(b)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”.
S.I. 2002/1689 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.