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

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002
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
Entry into force notes
Entry into force on 21 November 2002.
Abstract

The Regulations, with the exception of regulations 8, 9, 11(8), (10) and (11) and 14, implement EC legislation on risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work. They provide for assessment of the risk from exposure to substances hazardous to health, detail the measures which the employer must take to prevent or adequately control the exposure of his employees to substances hazardous to health, provide for duties in respect of care and decontamination of personal protective equipment, provide for the keeping of an individual record of air monitoring where an employee is required to be under health surveillance, prescribe duties on employers with respect to health surveillance where an employee is found to have an identifiable disease or adverse health effect caused by exposure to a substance hazardous to health, etc.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

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

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REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 2852 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

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Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 21 of 2015).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015

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