OpenLegislation

Regulation 4 Use of treated wood

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall use treated wood other than for—

(a)

a professional or industrial use; or

(b)

research and development or analysis purposes.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall use treated wood—

(a)

inside any building;

(b)

for the manufacture of containers intended for the purposes of growing plants or for any retreatment of such containers;

(c)

for the manufacture of packaging which may come into contact with raw, intermediate or finished products intended for human or animal consumption;

(d)

for the manufacture of materials other than packaging which may contaminate raw, intermediate or finished products intended for human or animal consumption;

(e)

for any re-treatment of packaging or materials referred to in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d);

(f)

in playgrounds and in other outdoor places of public pleasure; or

(g)

in other situations where there is a risk that it may come into contact with skin.

(3)

Paragraphs (1) and (2)(g) shall not apply to old treated wood.