# The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (revoked) S.I. 1999/437 · made 20 February 1999 · revised to 21 November 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-substances-hazardous-to-health-regulations-1999-revoked/pdf/uksi_19990437_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 20th February 1999 Laid before Parliament 4th March 1999 Coming into force 25th March 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Duties under these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Prohibitions relating to certain substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Application of regulations 6 to 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Assessment of health risks created by work involving substances hazardous to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Use of control measures etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Maintenance, examination and test of control measures etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Monitoring exposure at the workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Health surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Information, instruction and training for persons who may be exposed to substances hazardous to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Provisions relating to certain fumigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exemption certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Extension outside Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Defence in proceedings for contravention of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Revocations, amendments and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Extension of meaning of “work" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Modification of section 3(2) of the 1974 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: OTHER SUBSTANCES AND PROCESSES TO WHICH THE DEFINITION OF “CARCINOGEN" RELATES ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TOHEALTH FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS ### Part I: PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Classification of biological agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Assessment of health risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Prevention of exposure to a biological agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Control of exposure to biological agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special control measures for health and veterinary care facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Special control measures for laboratories, animal rooms and industrial processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Examination and maintenance of personal protective equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Information for employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 List of employees exposed to certain biological agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Notification of the use of biological agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Notification of the consignment of biological agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Notification to the Health Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR HEALTH AND VETERINARY CARE FACILITIES, LABORATORIES AND ANIMAL ROOMS ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: BIOHAZARD SIGN ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 12(2)(a), 13(1) AND (3) AND 14(1) OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 FREQUENCY OF THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND TEST OF LOCALEXHAUST VENTILATION PLANT USED IN CERTAIN PROCESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES AND PROCESSES FOR WHICH MONITORING IS REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 FUMIGATIONS EXCEPTED FROM REGULATION 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN FUMIGATIONS ### Part I: PERSONS TO WHOM NOTIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN IN ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUMIGATIONS ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/437 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-substances-hazardous-to-health-regulations-1999-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.