Regulation 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Resistant Packaging and Tactile Danger Warnings (Safety) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992.

Subject to paragraph (3) below, the Child Resistant Packaging (Safety) Regulations 1986^f1 (“the 1986 Regulations”) are hereby revoked in so far as they apply to preparations classified at 28th April 1986 by the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984^f2 as “very toxic”, “toxic” or “corrosive” and in so far as they apply to products containing, in concentrations of 25% or more by weight, methylene chloride, tolueneor xylene, and products containing methanol in concentrations of 4% or more by weight.

The 1986 Regulations are revoked by paragraph (2) only in relation to the supply in reclosable packaging of the preparations and products mentioned in that paragraph.