{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/447",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989 are hereby amended—\n(a) in regulation 2(1) in the definition of “the Directive” by the deletion of the word “and” between “Council Directive No. 88/667/EEC” and “Commission Directive No. 89/174/EEC” and by the addition of the words “, Council Directive No. 89/679/EEC(h) and Commission Directive No. 90/121/EEC(i)” and by the insertion as footnotes at the foot of the relevant page the following—\n“(h) O.J. L398 30.12.89, p.25.\n(i) O.J. L71, 17.3.90, p.40.”;\n(b) in Schedule 1—\n(i) by the insertion after entry number 1 of the following—\n“\n1A\nAcetonitrile\n—\n393\n”;\n(ii) by the insertion after entry number 54 of the following—\n“\n54A\nAnti-androgens with steroid structure\n—\n390\n”;\n(iii) in entry number 55 by the deletion of\n“(except tyrothricin)”;\n(iv) by the insertion after entry number 188 of the following—\n“\n188A\nColouring agent Cl 13065\n—\n387\n”;\n(v) by the insertion after entry number 189 of the following—\n“\n189A\nColouring agent CI 42535\n—\n388\n”;\n(vi) by the insertion after entry number 190 of the following—\n“\n19OA\nColouring agent CI 42640\n—\n386;\n190B\nColouring agent CI 61554\n—\n389\n”;\n(vii) by the insertion after entry number 374 of the following—\n“\n374A\n11α.–Hydroxypregn–4–ene–3, 20–dione and its esters\n—\n385\n”;\n(viii) in entry number 399 by the substitution for\n“(except lead acetate)” of “(except lead acetate subject to the restrictions laid down in entry number 55 in Part I of Schedule II)”;\n(ix) in entry number 428 by the insertion of\n“and its salts”;\n(x) in entry number 429 by the insertion of\n“and its salts”;\n(xi) in entry number 568 by the deletion of\n“(except progesterone and ethisterone)”;\n(xii) by the insertion after entry number 643 of the following—\n“\n643A\nTetrahydrozoline and its salts\n—\n394\n”;\n(xiii) by the insertion after entry number 695 of the following—\n“\n695A\nTyrothricin\n—\n392\n”;\n(xiv) by the insertion after entry number 709 of the following—\n“\n709A\nZirconium and its compounds (except for aluminium zirconium chloride hydroxide complexes A1xZr(OH)yCLz and the aluminium zirconium chloride hydroxide glycine complexes under the conditions laid down in Part I of Schedule 2 and zirconium lakes, salts and pigments prepared from those colouring agents identified in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule 3 by “*” immediately after the name or colour index number)\n—\n391\n”;\n(c) in Schedule 2, Part I by the insertion after entry number 54 of the following—\n“\n55\nLead acetate\nOnly for hair dyeing\n0.6% calculated as lead\n—\nKeep away from children. Avoid all contact with the eyes. Wash hands after use. Contains lead acetate. Do not use to dye eyelashes, eyebrows or moustaches. If irritation develops, discontinue use\n”;\n(d) in Schedule 2 Part II in entry numbers 2 and 4 by the substitution for “31.12.1989” of “31.12.1990”;\n(e) in Schedule 2 Part III by the deletion of entry number 1;\n(f) in Schedule 3 Part I—\n(i) by the deletion of colour index number 42640 and the entries relating thereto;\n(ii) by the deletion of the cross sign “x” from sub-column 4 of column 3 relating respectively to colour index numbers 42045 and 44045 and by the insertion of the cross sign “x” in sub-column 3 of that column;\n(iii) by the deletion of “see also Part II” from column 4 relating respectively to colour index numbers 42045 and 44045;\n(iv) by the insertion of “*” immediately after the colour index number in column 1 relating to colour index number 17200;\n(g) in Schedule 3, Part II—\n(i) by the insertion at the end of the following colouring agent and the entries relating thereto—\n“\nSolvent Yellow 98\nYellow\n—\n—\nx\n—\nOnly in nail care preparations maximum 0.5% in the final product\n31.12.91\n”;\n(ii) by the deletion of colour index numbers 13065, 21110, 42535, 44045, 61554 and the entries relating thereto;\n(iii) by the substitution for “31.12.1989” of “31.12.1990” in column 5 relating respectively to colour index numbers 26100 and 73900;\n(iv) by the substitution for “31.12.1990” of “31.12.1991” in column 5 relating to colour index number 74180;\n(h) in Schedule 4 Part II—\n(i) by the insertion after entry number 26 of the following—\n“\n27\n3–Decyloxy–2–hydroxy–1–aminopropane hydrochloride (Decominol (INN))\nAll products\n0.5%\n—\n—\n31.12.1990\n”;\n(ii) in entry numbers 2, 4, 6, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21 by the substitution for “31.12.1989” of “31.12.1990”; and\n(i) in Schedule 6 by the insertion in paragraph 1 after the words\n““Annex B” means the Annex to Commission Directive No. 82/434/EEC” of the following—\n“as amended by Commission Directive No. 90/207/EEC (f)” and by the—\ninsertion as a footnote at the foot of the relevant page of “(f) O.J. No. L108, 28.4.90, p.92”.",
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  "status": null,
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2233, amended by S.I. 1990/1812."
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