{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2233",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Particular requirements",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of this regulation are without prejudice to regulation 3 and are subject to regulation 5.\n(2) A cosmetic product shall not contain any substance listed in column 2 of Schedule 1:\nProvided that no account shall be taken of any such substance which is present only as a trace which could not reasonably have been removed during or after manufacture.\n(3) A cosmetic product shall not contain any substance listed in column 2 of Schedule 2 unless the requirements in columns 3, 4, 5 and (in the case of Part II) 7 of that Schedule in relation to that substance are satisfied.\n(4) A cosmetic product shall not contain–\n(a) any colouring agent listed in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 with the exception of cosmetic products containing colouring agents intended solely to colour hair unless–\n(i) the requirements in columns 3 and 4 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that colouring agent are satisfied; or\n(ii) the requirements in columns 3 and 4 of Part II of that Schedule in relation to that colouring agent are satisfied and the cosmetic product in question was supplied on or before the date specified in column 5 of that Part;\n(b) any colouring agent which is not listed in that Schedule with the exception of cosmetic products containing colouring agents intended solely to colour hair;\n(5) A cosmetic product shall not contain–\n(a) any preservative listed in column 2 of Schedule 4 unless–\n(i) the requirements in columns 3, 4 and 5 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that preservative are satisfied; or\n(ii) the requirements in columns 3, 4 and 5 of Part II of that Schedule in relation to that preservative are satisfied and the preservative in question is supplied on or before the date specified in column 7 of that Part;\n(b) any preservative which is not listed in that Schedule;\n(c) any preservative listed in column 2 of Part II of Schedule 4 after the date specified in column 7 of that Part.\n(6) A cosmetic product shall not contain–\n(a) any UV filter listed in column 2 of Schedule 5 unless–\n(i) the requirements in columns 3 and 4 of Part I of that Schedule in relation to that UV filter are satisfied; or\n(ii) the requirements in columns 3 and 4 of Part II of that Schedule in relation to that UV filter are satisfied and the UV filter in question is supplied on or before the date specified in column 6 of that Part;\n(b) any UV filter which is not listed in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2233/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:34:03.369709+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}