{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-6.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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Lower limits of concentration",
  "text": "(1) For preparations to which this Schedule applies, account shall be taken of dangerous substances which are classified as dangerous on the basis of their health or environmental effects (whether they are present as additives or impurities) when their concentrations are equal to or greater than those defined in the following table unless lower limits are given in Table 3.2 of part 3 of Annex VI of the CLP Regulation or in Part II of this Schedule—\nCategory of danger of the substance\nConcentration to take into consideration for\ngaseous preparations\nother preparations\n% vol/vol\n% w/w\nVery toxic\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 0.1\nToxic\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 0.1\nCarcinogenic\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 0.1\nCategory 1 or 2\nMutagenic\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 0.1\nCategory 1 or 2\nToxic for reproduction\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 0.1\nCategory 1 or 2\nHarmful\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nCorrosive\n≥ 0.02\n≥ 1\nIrritant\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nSensitising\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nCarcinogenic\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nCategory 3\nMutagenic\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nCategory 3\nToxic for reproduction\n≥ 0.2\n≥ 1\nCategory 3\nDangerous for the environment N\n≥ 0.1\nDangerous for the environment ozone\n≥ 0.1\n≥ 0.1\nDangerous for the environment\n≥ 1\n(2) Some substances may have more than one health effect and each of these properties shall be characterised by its specific concentration limit.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}