Introductory text

The Department of Justice is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)^f1 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations^f2; and for measures relating to consumer protection^f3.

The Department of Justice, being the Department concerned^f4, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act and Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f5.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Department expedient for the reference set out in Regulation 2 of these Regulations to Regulation (EU) No. 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals^f6 to be construed as including references to Annexes I, II, V and VI of that Regulation as those Annexes are amended from time to time.