Paragraph 3

United Kingdom

For the purposes of the classification referred to in paragraph (1), fluids shall be divided into the following two groups—

(1)

a fluid in Group 1 means—

(a)

a substance or mixture—

(i)

as defined in Article 2(7) and (8) respectively of the CLP Regulation; and

(ii)

that is classified as hazardous in accordance with the following physical or health hazard classes laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I to the CLP Regulation—

(aa)

unstable explosives or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5;

(bb)

flammable gases, categories 1 and 2;

(cc)

oxidising gases, category 1;

(dd)

flammable liquids, categories 1 and 2;

(ee)

flammable liquids, category 3 where the maximum allowable temperature is above the flashpoint;

(ff)

flammable solids, categories 1 and 2;

(gg)

self-reactive substances and mixtures, types A to F;

(hh)

pyrophoric liquids category 1;

(ii)

pyrophoric solids, category 1;

(jj)

substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(kk)

oxidising liquids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(ll)

oxidising solids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(mm)

organic peroxides, types A to F;

(nn)

acute oral toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

(oo)

acute dermal toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

(pp)

acute inhalation toxicity, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(qq)

specific target organ toxicity – single exposure, category 1; or

(b)

a substance or mixture contained in pressure equipment with a maximum allowable temperature TS which exceeds the flashpoint of the fluid;

(2)

a fluid in Group 2 means any substance or mixture which is not a substance or mixture within the definition of a fluid in group 1.

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 renumbered as Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 46(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Sch. 3 Pt. 1 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 46(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, reg. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(m)(ix)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)