AB 2
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 167/88-
CAP. 59] Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous Substances) Regulations
FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
(Cap. 59, section 7)
PART I
PRELIMINARY
[1988 Ed.
[15 December 1988] L.N. 189/88
Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous Substances) Regulations.
Interpretation
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"container" means any receptacle, vessel, tank, package, bag, wrapping or other thing, whether movable or not, capable of holding any substance;
"corrosive mixture" means a mixture that may on contact with living tissues cause severe damage to them;
"dangerous mixture" means any mixture or preparation containing-
(a) more than 1 per cent by weight of any toxic substance or substances;
(b) more than 10 per cent by weight of any harmful substance or substances; or
(c) such proportion of any other listed substance or substances as makes that mixture a corrosive, explosive, flammable, irritant or oxidizing mixture;
"dangerous substance" means any substance that is a listed substance or a dangerous mixture;
"explosive mixture" means a mixture that may explode under the effect of flame or that is more sensitive to shock and friction than dinitrobenzene;
"flammable mixture" means a mixture that--
(a) may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy;
(b) is a solid and may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and that continues to burn or be consumed after removal of the source of ignition;
(c) is gaseous and flammable in air at normal pressure;