Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 3141 of 2001)

The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 file:///D/HTML/uk28154.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:19] Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3141 The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 © Crown Copyright 2001 Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament. The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. 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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2001 No. 3141 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 Made 13th September 2001 Laid before Parliament 20th September 2001 Coming into force 11th October 2001 file:///bookstore.htm?AF=A10075&FO=38383&ACTION=AddItem&ProductID=0110388488 mailto:customer.services@tso.co.uk http://www.hmso.gov.uk/faqs.htm The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 file:///D/HTML/uk28154.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:19] The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated[1] for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to measures relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations, in exercise of the powers conferred by that subsection and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 11th October 2001. (2) In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993[3]. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2. For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following: " Marketing PCP 3. - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall place on the market, other than for research and development or analysis purposes, any substance containing PCP in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1 per cent by weight. (2) Until 31st December 2008, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the placing on the market of any substance containing PCP, which has a total H6CDD content below 2 parts per million and which (a) is intended solely for use in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles not intended for clothing or for decorative furnishings; (b) is placed on the market in packages of 20 litres or more marked clearly and indelibly with the words "Reserved for industrial and professional use"; (c) is not for sale to the general public; and (d) is not waste to which Council Directive 75/442/EEC[4] or Council Directive 91/689/EEC[5] applies." 3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by (a) omitting "PCP, or" from paragraph (1); and (b) substituting the following for paragraph (2): " (2) Until 31st December 2008, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the use of any substance containing PCP which has a total H6CDD content below 2 parts per million, in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles not intended for clothing or for decorative furnishings." Signed by authority of the Secretary of State The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 file:///D/HTML/uk28154.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:19] Other UK SIs | Home | National Assembly for Wales Statutory Instruments | Scottish Statutory Instruments | Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland | Her Majesty's Stationery Office We welcome your comments on this site © Crown copyright 2001 Prepared 20 September 2001 Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 13th September 2001 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993 (which restrict the marketing and use of Pentachlorophenol - "PCP"), in order to give effect, in part, to Commission Directive 1999/51/EC (OJ No. L142, 5.6.99, p. 22), which adapts to technical progress for the fifth time Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC (OJ No. L262, 27.9.76, p. 201) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations. Notes: [1] 1992/1711.back [2] 1972 c. 68. For the continued exercise of the powers under section 2(2) in relation to Scotland by the Secretary of State, see section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1988 (c. 46).back [3] 1993/1.back [4] OJ No. L194, 25.7.1975, p. 39 as amended by OJ No. L78, 26.3.1991, p. 32.back [5] OJ No. L377, 31.12.1991 p. 20.back ISBN 0 11 038848 8 file:///stat.htm file:/// http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/w-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/ni-srni.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ http://www.hmso.gov.uk/hmsoform.htm