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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;