- approved carriage list
means the list entitled “Information Approved for the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Substances Dangerous for Carriage” first approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 16th February 1993 for the purpose of these Regulations and the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) Regulations 1992, as revised or re-issued from time to time, which comprises—
- approved classification and labelling guide
means the guide entitled “Approved Guide to the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply” approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 16th February 1993;
- approved list
means the “approved carriage list” described in regulation 4(2) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993 No.1746);’:
- approved supply list
means the list described in regulation 4(1);
- carriage
means carriage by road on a vehicle and shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2);
- category of danger
means— (a) in relation to a substance or preparation dangerous for supply, one of the categories of danger specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1;
- concentration limits
means in relation to a substance dangerous for supply, the concentration limits for the substance (if any) specified in column 4 of Part V of the approved supply list, or where that substance is not listed in the approved supply list or appears in it without specified concentration limits, it means the concentration limits for that substance determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 4;
- dangerous substance
means a substance which is dangerous for carriage within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993 No. 1746) ”
- flash point
means the flash point determined in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1;
- freight container
means a container as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984;
- health effects
means the effects to be assessed for the classifications “very toxic”.
- physico-chemical properties
means the properties to be applied for the classifications “explosive”, “oxidizing”, “extremely flammable”, “highly flammable” or “flammable”;
- poisons advisory centre
means a body approved for the time being for the purposes of regulation 16 by the Secretary of State for Health in consultation with the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, the Health and Safety Commission and such other persons or bodies as appear to him to be appropriate;
- preparation dangerous for supply
means a preparation which is in one or more of the categories of danger specified in column 1 of Schedule 1;
- preparations
means mixtures or solutions of two or more substances;
- risk phrase
means in relation to a substance or preparation dangerous for supply a phrase listed in Part III of the approved supply list and in these Regulations specific risk phrases may be designated by the letter “R” followed by a distinguishing number or combination of numbers but the risk phrase shall be quoted in full on any label or safety data sheet on which the risk phrase is required to be shown;
- road
means— (a) in relation to England and Wales, a road within the meaning of section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;
- safety phrase
means in relation to a substance or preparation dangerous for supply a phrase listed in Part IV of the approved supply list and in these Regulations specific safety phrases may be designated by the letter “S” followed by a distinguishing number or combination of numbers but the safety phrase shall be quoted in full on any label or safety data sheet in which the safety phrase is required to be shown;
- substance dangerous for carriage
means— (a) a substance listed in Part 1 of the approved carriage list;
- substance dangerous for supply
means— (a) a substance listed in Part I of the approved supply list;
- substance identification number
means— (a) in the case of a substance dangerous for carriage which is specified in Part 1 of the approved carriage list in column 1, the substance identification number specified in the appropriate entry in column 2 of that Part;
- substances
means chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production process, including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the product and any impurity deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition;
- supplier
means a person who supplies a substance or preparation dangerous for supply, and in the case of a substance which is imported (whether or not from a member State) includes the importer established in Great Britain of that substance or preparation;
- symbol
means the symbol shown in column 3 of Schedule 2 for the indication of danger shown in column 1 of that Schedule, and “symbol-letter” means the letter shown in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
- symbol-letter
means the letter shown in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
- the 1993 Regulations
means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993 No.1746);’;
- the Executive
means the Health and Safety Executive;