Regulation 2 Modifications to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980

After regulation 3 of the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980^f1, there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Prohibition of certain glazes in pottery manufacture

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(1)

The use of any glaze other than a leadless glaze or a low solubility glaze in the manufacture of pottery is prohibited.

(2)

In this regulation—

• “glaze” does not include engobe or slip;

• “leadless glaze” means a glaze which does not contain more than one per cent of its dry weight of a lead compound calculated as lead monoxide;

• “low solubility glaze” means a glaze which does not yield to dilute hydrochloric acid more than 5 per cent of its dry weight of a soluble lead compound when determined in accordance with a method approved in writing for the time being by the Health and Safety Commission.”

In Regulation 7 of the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980, after the words “of a type approved” there shall be inserted the words “or conforming to a standard approved, in either case,”.