Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 3138

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 3138

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996

The Secretary of State in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 15(1), (2), (4)(a), (5)(b), (6)(b) and (9) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(b) and (c), 8, 9, 11, 13(1) and (3), 14, 15(1) and 16 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974^[1] ("the 1974 Act") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modification 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, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 10th January 1997.

    (2)  In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994^[2].

Amendment to the principal Regulations
    2.—(1)  The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2)  In regulation 2(1), after the definition "occupational exposure standard" the following definition shall be inserted—
""preparation" means a mixture or solution of two or more substances;" .



    (3)  In regulation 13(1)—
 (a) the words "ethylene oxide," shall be deleted; and
 (b) for the words "except that this regulation" shall be substituted the words "except that paragraph (2)".

    (4)  In regulation 15(1), for the words "article 4, 5 or 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1989" shall be substituted the words "article 4, 6 or 8 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 263)".

    (5)  For Schedule 1 shall be substituted the Schedule set out in these Regulations.

    (6)  In column 1 of Schedule 2, entry 11(b) shall be replaced by the following entry—
"(b) waste covered by Council Directives 75/442/EEC (OJ No. L194, 25.7.75, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC (OJ No. L78, 26.3.91, p. 32), and 91/689/EEC (OJ No. L377, 31.12.91, p. 20)." .



    (7)  In Schedule 4—
 (a) the words "Vapour or" shall be deleted from the second entry in column 1; and
 (b) the words "while the process is being carried on" shall be inserted after the words "Every 14 days" in the second entry in column 2.

    (8)  In Schedule 5 the words "1-Naphthylamine and its salts." shall be deleted from the fourth entry in column 1.

    (9)  In Schedule 6 the words "Ethylene oxide" shall be deleted from column 1 and the words "Fumigations carried out for research." and "Fumigations in fumigation chambers." shall be deleted from the corresponding entry in column 2.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Environment.

11th December 1996

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

[2] S.I. 1994/3246 as amended by S.I.s 1994/3247 and 1996/2001. back

Explanatory Note