The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/1844
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

(2) They come into force on 10th August 2012.

Section 2 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010

In regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010 , for paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of “national occupational exposure limit value” substitute—

(b) any indicative occupational exposure limit value established for that agent in the Annex to Commission Directive 2000/39/EC establishing a first list of indicative limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work, as amended from time to time;

(c) any indicative occupational exposure limit value established for that agent in the Annex to Commission Directive 2006/15/EC establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Directives 91/322/EEC and 2000/39/EC , as amended from time to time;

(d) any indicative occupational exposure limit value established for that agent in the Annex to Commission Directive 2009/161/EU establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC , as amended from time to time; or

(e) where more stringent, any workplace exposure limit established for that agent in document EH40;

Section 3 Review of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010

After regulation 23 of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010, insert—

Review

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(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive (in so far as it is implemented in the United Kingdom by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 10th August 2012.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.