| Guvnor

Enforced by: HSE
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 13 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 12 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Distributor7 Any Person4 Manufacturer1 Trader1

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Distributor — also bound by 182 other Acts

UK REACH Regulation (retained EU law) 44 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 28 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017 26 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 25 duties

Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 21 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 93 duties

Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 85 duties

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 78 duties

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery 76 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 75 duties

Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 416 duties

Companies Act 2006 243 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 133 duties

Companies Act 1985 85 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 62 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

sch. 6 para. 3 sch. 6 para. 3 Regulated

Use an alternative name for confidential chemicals on labelsManufacturer

sch. 6 para. 5 sch. 6 para. 5 Regulated

Label pesticide preparations with required informationDistributor

s.005 Classification of substances and preparations dangerous for supply Imprisonment

Classify dangerous substances and preparations before supplyDistributor

s.006 Safety data sheets for substances and preparations dangerous for supply Regulated

Provide safety data sheets for dangerous substances and keep them up to dateDistributor

s.007 Advertisements for substances dangerous for supply Regulated

Include hazard warnings in advertisements for dangerous substancesAny Person

s.008 Packaging of substances and preparations dangerous for supply Regulated

Ensure packaging for dangerous substances is secure and durableDistributor

s.009 Labelling of substances and preparations dangerous for supply Regulated

Label dangerous substances and preparations correctly for supplyDistributor

s.010 Particular labelling requirements for certain preparations Regulated

Follow specific labelling rules for aerosols and certain preparationsAny Person

s.013 Retention of classification data for substances and preparations dangerous for supply Regulated

Keep records of chemical classification data for 3 yearsAny Person

s.014 Notification of the constituents of certain preparations dangerous for supply to the poisons advisory centre Regulated

Notify the poisons advisory centre of hazardous product constituentsDistributor

20 other provisions — procedural and definitional

sch. 6 para. 1 sch. 6 para. 1

sch. 6 para. 2 sch. 6 para. 2

sch. 6 para. 4 sch. 6 para. 4

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Application of these Regulations

s.004 Meaning of the approved supply list

s.005 Classification of substances and preparations dangerous for supply

s.006 Safety data sheets for substances and preparations dangerous for supply

s.011 Methods of marking or labelling packages

s.012 Child resistant fastenings and tactile warning devices

s.015 Exemption certificates

s.016 Enforcement, civil liability and defence

s.017 Transitional provisions

s.018 Extension outside Great Britain

s.019 Revocations and modifications

Schedules

3 of 38 shown

s.sch005 HEADINGS UNDER WHICH PARTICULARS ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN SAFETY DATA SHEETS Regulated

Use 16 mandatory headings in Safety Data Sheets (SDS)Trader

s.sch006 PARTICULARS TO BE SHOWN ON LABELS FOR SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS DANGEROUS FOR SUPPLY AND CERTAIN OTHER PREPARATIONS Regulated

Label dangerous substances and preparations correctly for supplyAny Person

s.sch006 Preparations containing cadmium (alloys) intended to be used for brazing or soldering Regulated

Label cadmium-containing brazing/soldering preparations with specified warningsDistributor

35 other schedules

s.sch001 CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS DANGEROUS FOR SUPPLY

s.sch001 The equilibrium methods referred to in paragraph 1(a) are those...

s.sch001 The non-equilibrium methods referred to in paragraph 1(b) use the...

s.sch001 To determine the flash point of viscous liquids (paints, gums...

s.sch002 INDICATIONS OF DANGER AND SYMBOLS FOR SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS DANGEROUS FOR SUPPLY

s.sch003 CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS FOR PREPARATIONS DANGEROUS FOR SUPPLY

s.sch003 The following preparations shall also be regarded as corrosive—

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.1.1

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as irritant

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.1.2

s.sch003 The following preparations shall be regarded as skin irritants—

s.sch003 The following preparations shall be regarded as eye irritants—

s.sch003 The following preparations shall be regarded as irritants for the...

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as carcinogenic

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as mutagenic

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as toxic for reproduction

s.sch003 Lower limits of concentration

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.2.1

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.2.2

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.3.1

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.3.2

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.4.1

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.4.2

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.5.1

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.5.2

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.6.1

s.sch003 Schedule 3 para.6.2

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as toxic

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as harmful

s.sch003 Classification by the conventional method as corrosive

s.sch004 CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS FOR PREPARATIONS INTENDED TO BE USED AS PESTICIDES

s.sch004 Interpretation

s.sch004 Classification as very toxic, toxic or harmful

s.sch007 PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD RESISTANT CLOSURES AND TACTILE WARNING DEVICES

s.sch008 MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THE FLASH POINT OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994

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What it requires

Schedules