Regulation 4 Prohibitions relating to certain substances

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Those substances described in Column 1 of Schedule 2 are prohibited to the extent set out in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that Schedule.

(2)

The importation into the United Kingdom, other than from F1a member State, of the following substances and articles is prohibited, namely—

F2(a)

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(b)

matches made with white phosphorus,

and a contravention of this paragraph shall be punishable under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1 and not as a contravention of a health and safety regulation.

(3)

A person shall not supply during the course of or for use at work a substance or article specified in paragraph (2).

F3(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1370), regs. 1(1), 7(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Reg. 4(2)(a) omitted (1.12.2008) by virtue of The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2852), reg. 1, Sch. 10 Pt. 3 para. 6
F3: Reg. 4(4) revoked (1.6.2009) by The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2852), Sch. 10 Pt. 2

Marginal citations

M1: 1979 c. 2.