
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 11th July 2003.
2 
In the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 –
(a) in regulation 2(1), after the definition of “mine” there shall be added the following definition –“
 “mutagen” means a substance or preparation which if classified in accordance with the classification provided for by regulation 4 of the CHIP Regulations would be in the category of danger, mutagenic (category 1) or mutagenic (category 2) whether or not the substance or preparation would be required to be classified under those Regulations;”;
(b) in regulation 7(5) –
(i) after the word “carcinogen” there shall be added the words “or mutagen”; and
(ii) in each place where it occurs, after the word “carcinogens” there shall be added the words “or mutagens”.
(c) in regulation 13(4), for the words “a carcinogen or a biological agent” there shall be substituted the words “a carcinogen, a mutagen or a biological agent”; and
(d) at the end of Schedule 1 there shall be added the following substances –“The following polychlorodibenzodioxins:
 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD
 1, 2, 3, 7, 8-PeCDD
 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-HxCDD
 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8-HxCDD
 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9-HxCDD
 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HpCDD
 OCDD.The following polychlorodibenzofurans:
 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDF
 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-PeCDF
 1, 2, 3, 7, 8-PeCDF
 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-HxCDF
 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9-HxCDF
 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8-HxCDF
 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HxCDF
 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HpCDF
 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9-HpCDF
 OCDF
 where T = tetra, Pe = penta, Hx = hexa, Hp = hepta and O = octa.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 3rd June 2003.
Michael J. Bohill
A senior officer of the
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
