Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

L.N. 197 of 2015

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 424)

Protection of Workers from the Risks related to exposure to

Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 12 of the

Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, the Minister for

Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, after

consultation with the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, has

made the following regulations

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Protection from Citation and

the Risks related to Exposure to Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work scope.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2015, and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Protection from the Risks related to S.L. 424.22

Exposure to Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is the implementation of

Directive 2014/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

amending Council Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers

from risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

the definition of "carcinogen" shall be amended as

follows

(i)

for paragraph (a) thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

"(a) a substance or mixture which meets the

criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B

carcinogen set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No

1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the

Council;" and

(ii)

paragraph (b) thereof shall be deleted;

(b) the definition of "mutagen" shall be amended as follows

(i) for paragraph (a) thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

"(a) a substance or mixture which meets the

criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B

germ cell mutagen set out in Annex I to Regulation

(EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and

of the Council;" and

(ii) paragraph (b) thereof shall be deleted.

In regulation 4 of the principal regulations, for the word

"preparation" there shall be substituted the word "mixture".

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations, for the word "preparation" there shall be substituted the

word "mixture".

In paragraph (b) of regulation 6 of the principal

regulations, for the word "preparation" there shall be substituted the

word "mixture".

In the heading of Schedule I to the principal regulations,

for the word "preparations" there shall be substituted the word

"mixture".

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