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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-injurious-substances-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-injurious-substances-regulations-1993",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations give effect in part to Council Directive 91/173/EEC (OJ No. L85, 5.4.1991, p 34) which amended for the ninth time Directive 76/769/EEC (OJ No. L262, 27.9.1976, p 201) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.\nRegulation 2 provides that the Regulations do not apply to marketing or use which is authorised under the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1510).\nRegulation 3 prohibits the marketing of PCP other than its marketing, under certain conditions, for use in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles or as a synthesizing and/or processing agent.\nRegulation 4 prohibits the use of PCP other than for the purposes for which it may be marketed. Regulation 5 prohibits the use of wood treated with PCP inside buildings or for certain containers.\nRegulation 6 makes it a criminal offence to contravene regulations 3, 4 or 5 and specifies the penalties for such offences.\nThe CAS Registry Handbook may be inspected at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OBN.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1/note",
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  "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."
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