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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 978 of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Waste management
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 by adding: (a) a definition of "mutagen" to regulation 2(1) and amending references in regulations 7 and 13 to "carcinogen" to also include "mutagen" thereby implementing paragraphs 2 to 4 of article 1 of Council Directive 1999/38/EC amending for the second time Council Directive 90/394/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens at work; and (b) 17 polychlorodibenzodioxins and polychlorodibenzofurans to the list of substances in Schedule 1 to which the definition of "carcinogen" relates.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 2677 of 2002).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX