
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 11th November 1996.
2 
The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) Regulations 1994 are amended as follows:—
(a) by substituting the following for regulation 1(2)—“
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the approved supply list” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the CHIP Regulations;
 “the CHIP Regulations” means in Great Britain the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994(b) and in Northern Ireland the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(c);
 “medicinal product” means—
(a) a medicinal product—
(i) which is a “relevant medicinal product” within the meaning of regulation 1(2) of the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994(d), or
(ii) in respect of which there is for the time being a clinical trial certificate as defined in section 31(3) of the Medicines Act 1968(e), or
(iii) in respect of which there is for the time being an exemption conferred by article 3 of the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Clinical Trials) Order 1995(f), or
(iv) in respect of which there is for the time being a certificate of registration granted under regulation 5 of the Medicines (Homeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 1994(g); or
 an article or substance to which provisions of the Medicines Act 1968 apply by virtue of an order made under section 104 or 105 of that Act;
 “motor fuel” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(1) of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1994(h);
 “the prescribed concentration” of any substance means either—
(a) the concentration specified in the approved supply list; or
(b) where no concentration limit for that substance is specified in the approved supply list, the concentration specified in paragraph 6 (Table VI or Table VIA) of Part II of Schedule 3 to the CHIP Regulations;
 “supply” includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply; and
 “veterinary product” means—
(a) a medicinal product which is supplied in accordance with an animal test certificate within the meaning of section 32(2)(b) of the Medicines Act 1968(e), or
(b) a product supplied for administration in accordance with regulation 5(1)(c) of the Medicines (Restrictions on the Administration of Veterinary Medicinal Products) Regulations 1994(i).””
and by adding the following corresponding footnotes—“
(b) S.I.1994/3247, amended by S.I. 1996/1092.
(c) S.R. 1995 No. 60.
(d) S.I. 1994/3144.
(e) 1968 c. 67.
(f) S.I. 1995/2808.
(g) S.I. 1994/105, amended by S.I. 1994/889, 1995/541 and 1996/482.
(h) S.I. 1994/2295.
(i) S.I. 1994/2987.”;
(b) by adding the following after regulation 2—“
2A 
Regulations 6A, 6B and 6C below shall not apply to—
(a) a medicinal product;
(b) a veterinary product;
(c) a cosmetic product within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989(f);
(d) motor fuel which complies with the relevant requirements of regulation 5 of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1994(g);
(e) mineral oil products intended for use as fuel in mobile or fixed combustion plants;
(f) fuels sold in closed systems; or
(g) artists' paints.” and by adding the following corresponding footnotes—“
(f) S.I. 1989/2233.
(g) S.I. 1994/2295.”;
(c) in regulation 3(2) by deleting the words which follow the words “dangerous for supply”—'', by substituting therefor the words “within the meaning of the CHIP Regulations.” and by deleting the corresponding footnote;
(d) by adding the following after regulation 6—“
6A 
Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—
(a) listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations under the heading “Carcinogenic substances of Category 1” or “Carcinogenic substances of Category 2”; and
(b) required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled “toxic (T)” or “very toxic (T+)” together with standard risk phrase R45 (“may cause cancer”) or R49 (“may cause cancer by inhalation”) (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.
6B 
Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—
(a) listed in Schedule 2 to these regulations under the heading “Mutagenic substances of Category 1” or “Mutagenic substances of Category 2”; and
(b) required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled with standard risk phrase R46 (“may cause heritable genetic damage”) (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.
6C 
Subject to regulation 2A above, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or any preparation containing any substance which is—
(a) listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations under the heading “Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 1” or “Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 2”; and
(b) required under the CHIP Regulations to be labelled with standard risk phrase R60 (“may impair fertility”) or R61 (“may cause harm to the unborn child”) or both R60 and R61 (or which would be required to be so labelled but for any of the exceptions contained in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (n) and (o) of regulation 3(1) of those Regulations), where the concentration of the said substance is equal to or greater than the prescribed concentration for that substance.
6D 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall supply to any member of the general public or supply to any person for the purposes of sale to the general public any substance or preparation containing any of the following in concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1% by mass—
(a) chloroform (CASNo. 67-66-3)(a);
(b) carbon tetrachloride (CAS No. 56-23-5);
(c) 1,1,2 — trichloroethane (CAS No. 79-00-5);
(d) 1,1,2,2 — tetrachloroethane (CAS No. 79-34-5);
(e) 1,1,1,2 — tetrachloroethane (CAS No. 630-20-6);
(f) pentachloroethane (CAS No. 76-01-7);
(g) 1,1 — dichloroethylene (CAS No. 75-35-4);
(h) 1,1,1 — trichloroethane (CAS No. 71-55-6)
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to—
(a) a medicinal product;
(b) a veterinary product; or
(c) a cosmetic product within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989(b).”;
(e) by adding the following corresponding footnotes in relation to regulation 6D—“(a)“CAS Nos.” are the numbers assigned to the substances by the Chemical Abstracts Service.(b)S.I. 1989/2233.”;
(f) by re-numbering the Schedule as Schedule 1; and
(g) by adding as Schedule 2 the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations.
John M. Taylor,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
15th October 1996
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(g)
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulations 6A, 6B and 6C


Substance CAS Number
Carcinogenic substances of Category 1 
2-naphthylamine; β-naphthylamine 91-59-8
biphenyl-4-ylamine; xenylamine; 4-aminobiphenyl 92-67-1
benzidine; 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl; biphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine 92-87-5
chromium trioxide 1333-82-0
arsenic acid and its salts ——
arsenic pentoxide; arsenic oxide 1303-28-2
diarsenic trioxide; arsenic trioxide 1327-53-3
asbestos 132207-33-1
 132207-32-0
 12172-73-5
 77536-66-4
 77536-68-6
 77536-67-5
benzene 71-43-2
bis(chloromethyl) ether 542-88-1
chloromethyl methyl ether; chlorodimethyl ether 107-30-2
dinickel trioxide 1314-06-3
erionite 12510-42-8
nickel dioxide 12035-36-8
nickel monoxide 1313-99-1
nickel subsulphide; trinickel disulphide 12035-72-2
nickel sulphide 16812-54-7
salts of 2-naphthylamine ——
salts of biphenyl-4-ylamine; salts of xenylamine; salts of 4-aminobiphenyl ——
salts of benzidine ——
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene 75-01-4
zinc chromates, including zinc potassium chromate ——
Carcinogenic substances of Category 2 
1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine 70-25-7
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane 96-12-8
1,2-dimethylhydrazine 540-73-8
1,3-butadiene; buta-1,3-diene 106-99-0
1,3-dichloro-2-propanol 96-23-1
1,3-propanesultone 1120-71-4
3-propanolide; 1,3-propionolactone 57-57-8
1,4-dichlorobut-2-ene 764-41-0
2-nitronaphthalene 581-89-5
2-nitropropane 79-46-9
2,2'-dichloro-4,4'-methylenedianiline; 4,4'-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) 101-14-4
2-2'-(nitrosoimino)bisethanol 1116-54-7
3,3'-dichlorobenzidine; 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine 91-94-1
3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine; o-dianisidine 119-90-4
3,3'-dimethylbenzidine; o-tolidine 119-93-7
4-aminoazobenzene 60-09-3
4-amino-3-fluorophenol 399-95-1
4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine 95-80-7
4-nitrobiphenyl 92-93-3
4,4'-methylenedi-o-toluidine 838-88-0
4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane; 4,4'-methylenedianiline 101-77-9
5-nitroacenaphthene 602-87-9
4-o-tolyazo-o-toluidine; 4-amino-2',3-dimethylazobenzene; fast garnet GBC base, AAT; o-aminoazotoluene 97-56-3
disodium-{5[4'-((2,6-hydroxy-3-((2-hydroxy-5-sulphophenyl)azo)phenyl)azo)(1,1'-biphenyl)-4-yl)azo]salicylato(4-)}cuprate(2-);C1 Direct Brown 95 16071-86-6
cadmium oxide 1306-19-0
Extracts (petroleum), heavy naphthenic distillate solvent 64742-11-6
Extracts (petroleum), heavy paraffinic distillate solvent 64742-04-7
Extracts (petroleum), light naphthenic distillate solvent 64742-03-6
Extracts (petroleum), light paraffinic distillate solvent 64742-05-8
Extracts (petroleum), light vacuum gas oil solvent 91995-78-7
Hydrocarbons, C26-55, aromatic rich 97722-04-8
N,N-dimethylhydrazine 57-14-7
acrylamide 79-06-1
acrylonitrile 107-13-1
α,α,α-trichlorotoluene; benzotrichloride 98-07-7
benz[a]anthracene 56-55-3
benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[d,e,f]chrysene 50-32-8
benzo[b]fluoranthene; benzo[e]acephenanthrylene 205-99-2
benzo[j]fluoranthene 205-82-3
benzo[k]fluoranthene 207-08-9
beryllium 7440-41-7
beryllium compounds, with the exception of aluminium beryllium silicates ——
cadmium chloride 10108-64-2
cadmium sulphate 10124-36-4
calcium chromate 13765-19-0
captafol (ISO); 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-N-(1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylthio)phthalimide 2425-06-1
carbadox (INN); methyl-3-(quinoxalin-2-ylmethylene)carbazate1,4-dioxide; 2-(methoxycarbonylhydrazonomethyl)quinoxaline 1,4-dioxide 6804-07-5
chromium (III) chromate; chromic chromate 24613-89-6
diazomethane 334-88-3
dibenz[a,h]anthracene 53-70-3
diethyl sulphate 64-67-5
dimethyl sulphate 77-78-1
dimethylcarbamoyl chloride 79-44-7
N-nitrosodimethylamine; dimethylnitrosamine 62-75-9
dimethylsulfamoyl chloride 13360-57-1
1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane; epichlorohydrin 106-89-8
1,2-dichloroethane; ethylene dichloride 107-06-2
ethylene oxide; oxirane 75-21-8
ethyleneimine; aziridine 151-56-4
hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1
hexamethylphosphoric triamide; hexamethylphosphoramide 680-31-9
hydrazine 302-01-2
hydrazobenzene; 1,2-diphenylhydrazine 122-66-7
methyl acrylamidomethoxyacetate (containing≥0.1% acrylamide) 77402-03-0
methyl-ONN-azoxymethyl acetate 592-62-1
nitrofen (ISO); 2,4-dichlorophenyl 4-nitrophenyl ether 1836-75-5
nitrosodipropylamine 621-64-7
2-methoxyaniline; o-anisidine 90-04-0
potassium bromate 7758-01-2
propylene oxide; 1,2-epoxypropane; methyloxirane 75-56-9
o-toluidine 95-53-4
2-methylaziridine; propyleneimine 75-55-8
salts of 2,2'-dichloro-4,4'-methylenedianiline; salts of 4,4'-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) ——
salts of 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine; salts of 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine ——
salts of 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine; salts of o-dianisidine ——
salts of 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine; salts of o-tolidine ——
strontium chromate 7789-06-2
styrene oxide; (epoxyethyl)benzene; phenyloxirane 96-09-3
sulfallate (ISO); 2-chlorallyl diethyldithiocarbamate 95-06-7
thioacetamide 62-55-5
urethane (INN); ethyl carbamate 51-79-6
Mutagenic substances of Category 1 
There are no substances classified in this category 
Mutagenic substances of Category 2 
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane 96-12-8
acrylamide 79-06-1
benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[d,e,f]chrysene 50-32-8
diethyl sulphate 64-67-5
ethylene oxide; oxirane 75-21-8
ethyleneimine, aziridine 151-56-4
hexamethylphosphoric triamide; hexamethylphosphoramide 680-31-9
methyl acrylamidomethoxyacetate (containing ≥0.1% acrylamide) 77402-03-0
Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 1 
lead hexafluorosilicate 25808-74-6
lead acetate 1335-32-6
lead alkyls ——
lead azide 13424-46-9
lead chromate 7758-97-6
lead compounds, with the exception of those specified elsewhere in this Part of this Schedule ——
lead di(acetate) 301-04-2
lead 2,4,6-trinitroresorcinoxide; lead styphnate 15245-44-0
lead(II) methanesulfonate 17570-76-2
trilead bis(orthophosphate) 7446-27-7
warfarin (ISO); 4-hydroxy-3-(3-oxo-1-phenylbutyl)coumarin 81-81-2
Toxic for reproduction substances of Category 2 
2-ethoxyethanol; ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 110-80-5
2-ethylhexyl [3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl methylthio]acetate 80387-97-9
2-methoxyethanol; ethylene glycol monomethyl ether 109-86-4
benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[d,e,f]chrysene 50-32-8
binapacryl (ISO); 2-sec butyl-4,6-dinitrophenyl-3-methylcrotonate 485-31-4
N,N-dimethylformamide; dimethyl formamide 68-12-2
dinoseb (ISO); 6-sec butyl-2,4-dinitrophenol 8-85-7
dinoterb (ISO); 2-tert-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol 1420-07-1
ethylenethiourea; imidazolidine-2-thione; 2-imidazoline-2-thiol 96-45-7
2-ethoxyethyl acetate; ethylglycol acetate 111-15-9
methyl-ONN-azoxymethyl acetate 592-62-1
2-methoxyethyl acetate; methylglycol acetate 110-49-6
nickel tetracarbonyl 13463-39-3
nitrofen (ISO); 2,4-dichlorophenyl 4-nitrophenyl ether 1836-75-5
salts and esters of dinoseb (ISO) ——
salts and esters of dinoterb (ISO) ——
NOTEThe CAS Number is the number assigned to the substance by the Chemicals Abstract Service.”