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The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/11 · Made 6 January 1997

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 6th January 1997

Laid before Parliament 8th January 1997

Coming into force 9th January 1997

The Secretary of State in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 15(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(b), 9 and 13(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974f1 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modification to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 9th January 1997.

2Amendment to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996

For the following provisions of the Schedule to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996f1—

“

SubstanceFormulaReference periods
Long-term maximum exposure limit (8-hour TWA reference period)
ppmmg m−3
Short-term maximum exposure limit (15-minute reference period)
ppmmg m−3
Cobalt and cobalt compound (as Co)Co——Cotton dust
—2.5——1,2–
Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide)BrCH2CH2Br0.53.9——

”

there shall be substituted the following—

“

SubstanceFormulaReference periods
Long-term maximum exposure limit (8-hour TWA reference period)
ppmmg m−3
Short-term maximum exposure limit (15-minute reference period)
ppmmg m−3
Cobalt and cobalt compound (as Co)Co—0.1——
Cotton dust—2.5——
Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide)BrCH2CH2Br0.53.9——

”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Environment

January 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996, which come into force on 10th January 1997, to correct errors in the entries for Cobalt and cobalt compounds, Cotton dust and 1,2-Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide) in the Schedule to those Regulations.