Regulation 16 Notification of the constituents of certain preparations dangerous for supply to the poisons advisory centre

This regulation shall apply to any preparation which is classified on the basis of one or more of its health effects referred to in column 1 of Schedule 1.

Subject to regulation 19(3) (transitional provisions), the supplier of a preparation to which this regulation applies shall, if it was first supplied before these Regulations came into force or (if it was supplied after that date before first supplying it) notify the poisons advisory centre of the information required to be in the safety data sheet prepared for the purposes of regulation 6 relating to the preparation.

The supplier shall ensure that the information supplied to the poisons advisory centre in pursuance of paragraph (2) is kept up to date.

The poisons advisory centre shall only disclose any information sent to it in pursuance of paragraph (2) or (3) on a request by, or by a person working under the direction of, a registered medical practitioner in connection with the medical treatment of a person who may have been affected by the preparation.