{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule, for the purposes of classification—\n“physico-chemical properties” means the properties to be applied for the classifications “explosive”, “oxidising”, “extremely flammable”, “highly flammable” or “flammable”;\n“health effects” means the effects to be assessed for the classifications “very toxic”, “toxic”, “harmful”, “corrosive”, “irritant”, “sensitising”, “carcinogenic”, “mutagenic” or “toxic for reproduction”; and\n“environmental hazards” means the hazards to be assessed for the classification “dangerous for the environment”.\n(2) In its application to preparations that are gases, this Part shall be modified so that reference to concentrations expressed as percentage by weight are to concentrations expressed as the same percentage by volume.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 2 in operation at 24.8.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/273/schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:58.260103+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."
}