The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made: 23rd November 1999

Laid before Parliament: 3rd December 1999

Coming into force: 1st January 2000

The Secretary of State, being the designated Minister for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, and for measures related to consumer protection, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) and sections 15(1), (2), (4)(a) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraph 1(1)(b) and (4) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 ( “the 1974 Act") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.

Interpretation

2

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations" means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994 .

Amendments to the principal Regulations

3

In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of “approved classification and labelling guide", for the words “3rd edition" and “25th March 1997" there shall be substituted the words “Fourth edition" and “12th October 1999" respectively.

4

For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following regulation—

(4) In these Regulations, the “approved supply list" means the document entitled “Information Approved for the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply (Fifth Edition)" approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 12th October 1999.

Transitional provisions

5

Until 1st July 2000, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the principal Regulations, if the requirements of those Regulations are complied with as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Larry Whitty — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 23rd November 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1976/897 and S.I. 1993/2661.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; the definition of the Treaties referred to in section 2(2) was extended by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).

[^f00003]: 1974 c. 37; sections 15(1) and 50(3) were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16(3) respectively.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1994/3247, amended by S.I. 1996/1092, 1997/1460, 1998/3106 and 1999/197.

Transitional provisions

Editorial notes

[^c16477441]: S.I. 1976/897 and S.I. 1993/2661.

[^c16477451]: 1972 c. 68; the definition of the Treaties referred to in section 2(2) was extended by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).

[^c16477461]: 1974 c. 37; sections 15(1) and 50(3) were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16(3) respectively.

[^c16477471]: S.I. 1994/3247, amended by S.I. 1996/1092, 1997/1460, 1998/3106 and 1999/197.