Category: Dangerous Substances

Notification of Accidents Where any explosion or fire, or any accident involving a substance kept under licence, occurs in or about or in connection with licensed premises and occasions loss of life or injury to person or property, the licensee shall forthwith send to the Minister written notice of the accident and of the loss […]

Inspectors The Minister may appoint persons to be inspectors for the purposes of the Dangerous Substances Act and may revoke any such appointment. An inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of appointment and when visiting any premises to which the provisions of the Dangerous Substances Act apply shall, if so required, produce the certificate […]

Licensing Provisions The Minister may at his discretion grant or refuse an application for a licence.The Minister may attach conditions to a licence including conditions as to its expiry or revocation. The Minister may, if he so thinks proper, publish particulars of an application for a licence and invite representations concerning it from interested persons. […]

Explosives An  “explosive” means a substance of a kind used to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect or anything of which that substance is an integral part.  The Minister may by order define the composition, quality and character of any explosive, and may classify explosives. No person shall import any explosive […]

Offences An exporter or importer who contravenes a provision of the Rotterdam Regulation that applies to him or her shall be guilty of an offence. A manufacturer who contravenes a provision of the Detergents Regulation that applies to him or her shall be guilty of an offence. Where— a distributor, a downstream user, an importer, […]

Definition “chemical” includes— a chemical, substance, mixture or article within the meaning of the Rotterdam Regulation,] a detergent within the meaning of the Detergents Regulation, a substance, preparation or article within the meaning of the REACH Regulation, a substance, mixture or article within the meaning of the CLP Regulation, and It includes a dangerous substance […]

Appointment of Inspectors A national authority may appoint such and so many persons as it considers appropriate to be inspectors for the purposes of the enforcement of all or any of the relevant chemicals statutory provisions within its relevant area of responsibility. An inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of his or her appointment […]