Regulations, 2026

L.N. 164 of 2026

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT

(CAP. 646)

Protection of the Health and Safety of Workers from the

Risks related to Chemical Agents at Work (Amendment)

Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 45 of the

Health and Safety at Work Act, the Minister responsible for health and

safety at work has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Protection of the Health Citation.

and Safety of Workers from the Risks related to Chemical Agents at

Work (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 and these regulations shall be

read and constructed as one with the Protection of the Health and S.L. 646.16.

Safety of Workers from the Risks related to Chemical Agents at Work

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

In paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 1 of the Amends

principal regulations the words "Commission Directive 2000/39/EC." regulation

the principal

shall be substituted by the words "Commission Directive 2000/39/ regulations.

EC;" and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following

new paragraph

"(e) Directive (EU) 2024/869 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2004/

37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and

Council Directive 98/24/EC as regards the limit values for lead

and its inorganic compounds and for diisocyanates." .

Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

Schedule I to

by the following new Schedule

the principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE I

LIST OF BINDING OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES

Limit values

8 hours ( 3 )

Short-term ( 4 )

EC

CAS

Name of

Transitional

No

Notation

μg/

μg/

No ( 2 )

agent

measures

ppm f/ml

ppm f/ml

( 1 )

m 3

m 3

( 6 )

( 7 )

( 5 )

( 5 )

A limit value of 10

μg NCO/m 3 in

relation to a

Skin ( 8)

reference period of

Dermal and

8 hours and a short-

-

-

-

-

respiratory

term exposure limit

sensitisation

value of 20 μg

(9)

NCO/m 3 shall apply

until 31 December

2028. (1)

EC No, i.e., Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the

substance within the European Union, as defined in Annex VI, Part 1, Section 1.1.1.2,

to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

(2)

CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.

(3)

Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of 8-hour time-

weighted average (TWA).

(4)

Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure

should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified.

μg/m 3 = micrograms per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760

(5)

mm mercury pressure).

ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ).

(6)

(7)

f/ml = fibres per millilitre.

(8)

Substantial contribution to the total body burden via possible dermal

(9)

The substance may cause sensitisation of the skin and of the respiratory

(10)

NCO refers to isocyanate functional groups of the diisocyanate

compounds . ".

Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be deleted.

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