Paragraph 7 F1

For the purposes of the classification referred to in paragraph (5), fluids shall be divided up into the following groups—

(a)

group 1 consisting of substances and mixtures, as defined in points 7 and 8 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EEC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, that are classified as hazardous in accordance with the following physical or health hazard classes laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex 1 to that Regulation—

(i)

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

(ii)

flammable gases, category 1 and 2;

(iii)

oxidising gases, category 1;

(iv)

flammable liquids, categories 1 and 2;

(v)

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

(vi)

flammable solids, category 1 and 2;

(vii)

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

(viii)

pyrophoric liquids, category 1;

(ix)

pyrophoric solids, category 1;

(x)

oxidising liquids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xi)

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

(xii)

oxidising liquids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xiii)

oxidising solids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xiv)

organic peroxides types A to F;

(xv)

acute oral toxicity, category 1 and 2;

(xvi)

acute dermal toxicity, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xvii)

acute inhalation toxicity, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xviii)

specific target organ toxicity – single exposure, category 1;

Group 1 also comprises substances and mixtures contained in pressure equipment with a maximum allowable temperature TS which exceeds the flashpoint of the fluid;

(b)

group 2 consisting of substances and mixtures not referred to in point (a).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 Pt. 2 inserted (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(c) (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)(x)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)