1964_FACTORIES_AND_INDUSTRIAL_UNDERTAKINGS_(CARCINOGENIC_SUBSTANCES)_REGULATIONS — Page 3

1986 Ed.]

Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Carcinogenic Substances) Regulations

[CAP. 59

AA 3

[Subsidiary]

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no prohibited substance shall be brought into or used in any industrial undertaking.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply so as to prevent any pro- hibited substance being brought into any dock, quay, wharf, ware- house or airport for the sole purpose of exporting it.

4. (1) Notwithstanding regulation 3, the Commissioner for Exemptions. Labour may. in such cases as he shall think fit and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein, by certificate in writing exempt any industrial undertaking or any part of any industrial under- taking, from the provisions of regulation 3, if he is satisfied that-

(a) in a case where it is proposed to manufacture or use any

prohibited substance-

(i) the proposed manufacture or use will be only for the purpose of or in the course of medical or scientific research, investigation or testing; and

(ii) the proposed manufacture or use has been certified in writing by the director or other person in charge of the laboratory or other place where the research, investigation or testing is to be carried on, to be necessary for such purpose or in such course;

(b) in a case where in the course of any process of manufacture (other than the manufacture of any prohibited substance) any prohibited substance is formed at any stage of the process, the process will be carried out in a totally enclosed system in such a manner-

(i) that no prohibited substance is removed from the system except for the purposes of, and in no greater quantity and no more frequently than is necessary for, control of the process and such analysis as is necessary to secure that the product will be free from prohibited sub- stances; and

(ii) that no prohibited substance escapes from the system;

(c) in a case where it is proposed to manufacture benzidine monohydrochloride, benzidine dihydrochloride or a mix- ture containing either or both of those substances or to use those substances or either of them in any process of manufacture, the manufacture or use will be carried out in a totally enclosed system in such a manner-

(i) that no prohibited substance is allowed to escape from the system;

(ii) that no prohibited substance (other than benzidine hydrochloride) is removed therefrom except for the pur- poses of, and in no greater quantity and no more fre- quently than is necessary for, control of the process and such analysis as is necessary to secure that the product will be free from prohibited substances; and