
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the
Cooking Utensils (Safety) Regulations 1972 and shall come into operation on
1st April 1973.
(2) In these Regulations 
“the Act” means the 
Consumer Protection Act 1961 as amended by
the London Government Act 1963
and the Consumer Protection
Act 1971.
(3) The 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of
an Act of Parliament.
2 
No kitchen utensil in which to cook food shall
be coated, on any surface designed to come in contact with the food, with
a tin or other metallic coating which (apart from any local contamination
derived from solder forming part of the utensil) contains lead or any compound
of lead so that the proportion (by weight) of lead calculated as the element
(Pb) exceeds 20 parts in 10,000 parts of that  coating.
3 
As respects the requirements of these Regulations, subsections (1) and (2) of section 2
of the Act (which prohibits sales and possession for sale of goods and component
parts not complying with regulations) shall apply in relation to goods and
component parts manufactured before the imposition of those requirements notwithstanding
anything in subsection (4)
of that section (which exempts such goods and parts unless regulations otherwise
provide).
4 

(1) The Schedule to the Act shall have effect
in relation to goods to which these Regulations apply.
(2) In relation to goods to which these Regulations
apply “local authority”
in the Schedule to the Act shall mean the council of
a county borough, the council of a London borough, or the Common Council of
the City of London; as respects any non-county borough or urban
district which has according to the last published census for the time being
a population of 60,000 or upwards, the council of the borough or urban district;
as respects any other area in England and Wales, the council of the county;
and, in Scotland, the council of any county or any town.
Robert Carr
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
Whitehall
12th December 1972