The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994

UK Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 3246 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

1revoked

Made: 12 December 1994
In force from: 16 January 1995
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
Made under: European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations re-enact, with minor modifications, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (S. I.1988/1657) (“the 1988 Regulations”) as amended. The 1988 Regulations imposed duties on employers to protect employees and other persons who may be exposed to substances hazardous to health and also imposed certain duties on employees concerning their own protection from such exposure (regulations 1 to 17 and Schedules 1 to 8). The Regulations also prohibit the import into the United Kingdom of certain substances and articles from outside the European Economic Area referred to in the Agreement defined in regulation 2(1) thereof. The Regulations also— implement as regards Great Britain Council Directive 90/679/EEC (OJ No. L374, 31.12.90, p.1) on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work, by— applying the 1988 Regulations as re-enacted to biological agents, and supplementing those Regulations with a Schedule containing special provisions relating to such agents (Schedule 9); provide for the notification to the Executive and the appropriate Health Minister of the consignment, storage or use of listed biological agents in place of the provisions contained in the Health and Safety (Dangerous Pathogens) Regulations 1981 (S. I. 1981/1011) (“the 1981 Regulations”) concerning the notification of the keeping, handling or transport of listed pathogens (paragraphs 12, 13 and 14 of Schedule 9); revoke certain provisions of the Regulations mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 18 and the Regulations mentioned in paragraph (4) of that regulation; and extend the meaning of “work” for the purposes of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in relation to any activity involving the consignment, storage or use of listed biological agents and modify section 3(2) of the said Act in relation to such activity (regulations 19 and 20). British Standards referred to in Part II of Schedule 9 (relating to safety cabinets) are obtainable from (by personal callers only) the British Standards Institution, 2 Park Street, London W1A 2BS or (by post) from the British Standards Institution, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.

Offences created by this instrument

Contravention of The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 the instrument as a whole · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Metticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Commons · Commons Chamber · 5 December 1995 · Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton)
I welcome the Minister to his new post and wish him well in it. I am very pleased to have secured this debate on metticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. That is the only time that I shall mention its full title. From now on I shall refer to it as MRSA. I declare an interest in that Unison pays me £500 towards my office allowance for payment of staff, but I am not raising this debate on its behalf. I also apologise for the cold that I am carrying. I look as if I am rehearsing for the role of Santa Claus with this red nose. For reasons that will become clear in my speech, I am not taking…
Health And Safety At Work Commons · Westminster Hall · 8 April 2003 · Mr. John Lyons (Strathkelvin and Bearsden)
I begin by declaring an interest in health and safety at work. I am a member of Unison and have a long interest in the subject as a former health and safety representative in engineering and public services. When the Adjournment debate was suggested, I was keen that we should raise the issue of health and safety at work, not only to allow us an hour and a half to discuss this important subject in Westminster Hall, but to create an awareness of it beyond the debate today. It has not been given high enough priority in the work of the House of Commons or elsewhere. It should have the No. 1 spot…

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