The Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2010
| Year | 2010 |
2010 No. 236
Environmental Protection
The Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2010
Made 10th June 2010
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th June 2010
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 19991and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, they have consulted the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2010 and come into force in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) Except as specified in paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on 5th July 2010.
(3) Regulations 2(3)(b), (4)(b), (5)(b), (7), (10) and (12)(b) and 3(2)(b) come into force on 1st December 2010.
(4) Regulations 2(3)(c), (4)(c), (5)(c), (8), (11) and (12)(c) and 3(2)(c) come into force on 1st June 2015.
Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000
2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 20002are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Solvent Emissions Directive”, at the end insert “, as amended by Directive 2008/112/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain Directives in order to adapt them to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures”.
(3) In Schedule 1, Part 1, Chapter 7, Part B—
(a)
(a) in column 1 of the table, in the description of the activity of surface cleaning—
(i) for “preparations” substitute “mixtures”; and
(ii) for “the risk phrase R40” substitute “ either of the risk phrases R40 or R68”;
(b)
(b) in column 1 of the table, for the description of the activity of surface cleaning substitute—
“Surface cleaning using substances or mixtures which because of their content of volatile organic compounds classified as carcinogens, mutagens or toxic to reproduction under Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures are assigned or need to carry one or more of the hazard statements H340, H350, H350i, H360D or H360F or one or more of the risk phrases R45, R46, R49, R60 or R61, or halogenated volatile organic compounds which are assigned or need to carry either of the hazard statements H341 or H351 or either of the risk phrases R40 or R68”;
(c)
(c) in column 1 of the table, for the description of the activity of surface cleaning substitute—
“Surface cleaning using substances or mixtures which because of their content of volatile organic compounds classified as carcinogens, mutagens or toxic to reproduction under Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures are assigned or need to carry one or more of the hazard statements H340, H350, H350i, H360D or H360F, or halogenated volatile organic compounds which are assigned or need to carry either of the hazard statements H341 or H351”;
(d)
(d) in column 1 of the table, in the entry for the activity of manufacture of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives, for “preparations” substitute “mixtures”; and
(e)
(e) in paragraph (2), in the definitions of “adhesive”, “coating”, “ink” and “manufacturing of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives”, for “preparation” and “preparations” wherever they occur (including in the expression being defined) substitute “mixture” and “mixtures” respectively.
(4) In Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 16—
(a)
(a) for “preparation” wherever it occurs substitute “mixture”;
(b)
(b) after “risk phrase” wherever it occurs insert “or hazard statement”;
(c)
(c) for “risk phrase or hazard statement” wherever it occurs substitute “hazard statement”.
(5) In Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 17(2), in the definition of “affected part”—
(a)
(a) for “preparation” substitute “mixture”;
(b)
(b) after “risk phrase” insert “or hazard statement”;
(c)
(c) omit “risk phrase or”.
(6) In Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 17(2), in the definition of “risk phrase substance or preparation”—
(a)
(a) for “preparation” wherever it occurs (including in the expression being defined) substitute “mixture”; and
(b)
(b) for “the risk phrase R40” substitute “the risk phrases R40 and R68”.
(7) In Schedule...
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