Regulation 2 I1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

(1)

The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986^f1 are amended as follows–

(a)

in Part I of Schedule 2, by inserting the following entry after 28C–

Nos.	Column 1	Column 2
	Name	Fibre Description
28D	Polylactide	Fibre formed of linear macro-molecules having in the chain at least 85% (by mass) of lactic acid ester units derived from naturally occurring sugars, and which has a melting temperature of at least 135 °C.

(b)

in Schedule 3, by inserting the following entry after 28C–

Fibre No in Schedule 2	Fibre	Percentage
28D	Polylactide	1.50

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1986/26, as amended by S.I. 1988/1350, S.I. 1994/450 and S.I. 1998/1169. Entries 28A to 28C in Part I of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 were inserted by regs. 2(a)(v) and 2(b) respectively of S.I. 1998/1169.