# The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and revocation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989 and except as provided by paragraphs (2) to (5) below shall come into force on 1st January 1990.
(2) Regulation 4(2) and Schedule 1, in so far as they relate only to entry numbers 37, 38, 47 (cross-referenced in column 3 with entry number 496) and 87 and to entry numbers 247, 558 and 680 (cross-referenced in column 3 with entry numbers 351, 454 and 132 respectively) in that Schedule, regulation 4(3) and Part I of Schedule 2, in so far as they relate only to entry number 52 in that Part, and regulation 4(5) and Part I of Schedule 4, in so far as they relate only to entry number 40 and the deletion of entry number 6 in that Part, shall come into force–
(a) on 1st January 1990 in relation to the supply of cosmetic products by the manufacturer in or importer into the United Kingdom or, in the case of cosmetic products manufactured or imported into the United Kingdom on behalf of another person, by that other person, except where the cosmetic products are supplied by retail in which case they shall come into force on 1st January 1991; and
(b) in all other cases, on 1st January 1991.
(3) Regulation 4(3) and Schedule 2, in so far as they relate only to entry numbers 53 and 54 in Part 1 of Schedule 2, regulation 4(4)(a)(i) and Part I of Schedule 3, in so far as they relate to the deletion of colouring agent 13065, and regulation 4(5) and Part II of Schedule 4, in so far as they relate to the deletion of entry numbers 7 to 10, 14, 18, 22 and 24 in that Part, shall come into force–
(a) on 1st January 1990 in relation to the supply of cosmetic products by the manufacturer in or importer into the United Kingdom or, in the case of cosmetic products manufactured or imported into the United Kingdom on behalf of another person, by that other person, except where the cosmetic products are supplied by retail in which case they shall come into force on 1st January 1992; and
(b) in all other cases, on 1st January 1992.
(4) Regulation 4(3) and Part II of Schedule 2, in so far as they relate only to entry number 1 in that Part, regulation 4(4) and Part II of Schedule 3, in so far as they relate only to the deletion of entry numbers 15800, 19120, 20470, 21115, 42170, 45190, 47000, 73905 and 75660 and the requirement in column 4 relating to entry number 42535 in that Part, regulation 4(5) and Part I of Schedule 4, in so far as they relate only to the requirement in column 4 relating to entry number 39 in that Part, and Part II of Schedule 4, in so far as they relate only to entry number 26 and the deletion of entry numbers 1, 3, 5, 19 and 25 in that Part, and regulation 4(6)(a)(ii) and Part II of Schedule 5 shall come into force–
(a) on 1st January 1991 in relation to the supply of cosmetic products by the manufacturer in or importer into the United Kingdom or, in the case of cosmetic products manufactured or imported into the United Kingdom on behalf of another person, by that other person, except where the cosmetic products are supplied by retail in which case they shall come into force on 1st January 1993; and
(b) in all other cases, on 1st January 1993.
(5) Regulation 6 shall come into force–
(a) on 1st January 1992 in relation to the supply of cosmetic products by the manufacturer in or importer into the United Kingdom or, in the case of cosmetic products manufactured or imported into the United Kingdom on behalf of another person, by that other person, except where the cosmetic products are supplied by retail in which case it shall come into force on 1st January 1994; and
(b) in all other cases on 1st January 1994.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7) below, the Regulations specified in Schedule 7 are hereby revoked:
(7) The notes in Schedules 3 and 4 shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2233/regulation/1 (the official version)
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