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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986/schedule-2/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986/schedule-2/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/26",
  "legislation_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "TEXTILE FIBRES",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nNos.\nName\nFibre Description\n1\nwool\nfibre from sheep's or lambs' fleeces (Ovisaries) or a mixture of such fibres and the hair of any animal mentioned under 2\n2\nalpaca, llama, camel, cashmere, mohair, angora, vicuna, yak, guanaco, beaver, otter, followed or not by the name `wool' or `hair'\nhair of the following animals: alpaca, llama, camel, cashmere goat, angora goat, angora rabbit, vicuna, yak, guanaco, beaver, otter\n3\nanimal or horsehair, with or without an indication of the kind of animal (e.g. cattle hair, common goat hair, horsehair)\nhair of the various animals not mentioned under 1 or 2\n4\nsilk\nfibre obtained exclusively from silk-secreting insects\n5\ncotton\nfibre obtained from the bolls of the cotton plant (Gossypium)\n6\nkapok\nfibre obtained from the inside of the kapok fruit (Ceiba pentandra)\n7\nflax or linen\nfibre obtained from the bast of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)\n8\nhemp\nfibre obtained from the bast of hemp (Cannabis sativa)\n9\njute\nfibre obtained from the bast of Corchorus olitorius, Corchorus capsularis, Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Abultilon avicennae, Urena lobata, Urena sinuata\n10\nabaca\nfibre obtained from the sheathing leaf of Musa textilis\n11\nalfa\nfibre obtained from the leaves of Stipa tenacissima\n12\ncoir\nfibre obtained from the fruit of Cocos nucifera\n13\nbroom\nfibre obtained from the bast of Cytisus scoparius and/or Spartium Junceum\n15\nramie\nfibre obtained from the bast of Boehmeria nivea and Boehmeria tenacissima\n16\nsisal\nfibre obtained from the leaves of agave sisalana\n16a\nsunn\nfibre from the bast of Crotalaria juncea\n16b\nhenequen\nfibre from the bast of Agave Fourcroydes\n16c\nmaguey\nfibre from the bast of Agave Cantala\n17\nacetate\ncellulose acetate fibre wherein less than 92% but at least 74% of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated\n18\nalginate\nfibre obtained from metallic salts of alginic acid\n19\ncupro\nregenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the cuprammonium process\n20\nmodal\na fibre of regenerated cellulose having a high breaking force and high wet modulus. The breaking force (Bc) in the conditioned state and the force (BM) required to produce an elongation of 5% in the wet state are:\nB c ⁢ ( C ⁢ N ) ≥ 1.3 √ T + 2 ⁢ T\nB M ⁢ ( C ⁢ N ) ≥ 0.5 ⁢ √ T\nwhere T is the mean linear density in decitex\n21\nprotein\nfibre obtained from natural protein substances regenerated and stablised through the action of chemical agents\n22\ntriacetate\ncellulose acetate fibre wherein at least 92% of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated\n23\nviscose\nregenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the viscose process for filament and discontinuous fibre\n24\nacrylic\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85% (by mass) in the chain of the acrylonitrilic pattern\n25\nchlorofibre\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain more than 50% (by mass) of chlorinated vinyl or chlorinated vinylidene monomeric units\n26\nfluorofibre\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules made from fluorocarbon aliphatic monomers\n27\nmodacrylic\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain more than 50% and less than 85% (by mass) of the acrylonitrilic pattern\n28\npolyamide or nylon\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain the recurring amide functional group\n29\npolyester\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85% (by mass) in the chain of an ester of a diol and terephthalic acid\n30\npolyethylene\nfibre formed of un-substituted aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecules\n31\npolypropylene\nfibre formed of an aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecule where one carbon atom in two carries a methyl side chain in an isotactic disposition and without further substitution\n32\npolycarbamide\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain the recurring ureylene (NH-CO-NH) functional group\n33\npolyurethane\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules composed of chains with the recurring urethane functional group\n34\nvinylal\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules whose chain is constituted by polyvinyl alcohol with differing levels of acetalisation\n35\ntrivinyl\nfibre formed of acrylonitrile terpolymer, a chlorinated vinyl monomer and a third vinyl monomer, none of which represents as much as 50% of the total mass\n36\nelastodiene\nelastofibre composed of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, or composed of one or more dienes polymerised with or without one or more vinyl monomers, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n37\nelastane\nelastofibre composed of at least 85% (by mass) of a segmented polyurethane, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n38\nglass fibre\nfibre made of glass\n39\nname corresponding to the material of which the fibres are composed, e.g. metal (metallic, metallised), asbestos, paper, followed or not by the word `yarn' or `fibre'\nfibres obtained from miscellaneous or new materials not listed above",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/6",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1988/1350",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 1988"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1169",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1401",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst (6.1.2007)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/3297",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment and Consolidation of Schedules of Textile Names and Allowances) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/26/schedule/2/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:56:26.132979+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."
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