
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 13th August 1999.
2 
The Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Safety) (Consolidation) Regulations 1994 are amended as follows–
(a) in regulation 2, by substituting the words “These Regulations” for the words “Regulations 3 and 4”; and
(b) by adding the following after regulation 3–“
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(1) This regulation applies to liquid substances and preparations–
(a) which are required to be classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CHIP Regulations;
(b) which, if so classified, would be required to be labelled with risk phrase R65 (“harmful: may cause lung damage if swallowed”); and
(c) which can be used as fuel in decorative lamps.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) below, no person shall supply any liquid substance or preparation to which this regulation applies which contains either perfume or (unless its addition is required for fiscal reasons) a colouring agent or both.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person shall supply any liquid substance or preparation to which this regulation applies, and which is intended for use as fuel in decorative lamps, unless the packaging in which it is contained is marked legibly and indelibly with the words “Keep lamps filled with this liquid out of the reach of children”.
(4) Neither paragraph (2) nor paragraph (3) above shall prohibit the supply, in a single package, in a quantity of more than 15 litres, of any liquid substance or preparation to which this regulation applies.
(5) Paragraph (2) above shall not prohibit the supply of paraffin to which a colouring agent has been added solely in order to distinguish it for safety reasons from another liquid substance or preparation and which is intended for use only as fuel in heating appliances or for any other use (but not for use as fuel in decorative lamps).
(6) In paragraph (5) above, “paraffin” means paraffin which conforms to class C1 in the British Standard Specification for fuel oil for agricultural and industrial engines and burners (classes A2, C1, C2, D, E, F, G and H) BS 2869: 1998, published by the British Standards Institution on 15th December 1998.”
Kim Howells
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
22nd July 1999