Alkali, &c., Works (Scotland) Order 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/1330 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 1330 (S. 98)
CLEAN AIR
The Alkali, &c., Works (Scotland) Order 197221stAugust 1972
31stAugust 1972
1stNovember 1972
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Alkali, &c., Works Regulation (Scotland) Act 1951(a) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, after holding an inquiry and after consultation with the local authorities and other interests appearing to me to be concerned, I hereby make the following order:—
1. This order may be cited as the Alkali, &c., Works (Scotland) Order 1972 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1972.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) applies for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order—
(a) "the Act of 1906" means the Alkali, &c., Works Regulation Act 1906(c); and
"the order of 1965" means the Alkali, &c., Works (Scotland) Order 1965(d),
(b) any reference to a British Standard or to a British Standard Code of Practice in any such British Standard referred to, shall be construed as a reference to a British Standard Specification or a British Standard Code of Practice published under authority of the General Council of the British Standards Institution and where a British Standard referred to, itself refers to a British Standard or to a British Standard Code of Practice, the reference to such British Standard or to such British Standard Code of Practice shall be taken to be a reference to the latest edition thereof as at 31st December 1970 including any amendments thereto published at that date.
3. The list of noxious or offensive gases mentioned in section 27 of the Act of 1906 as extended and amended by the order of 1965 shall be further extended and amended to read as set out in Schedule 1 to this order.
(a) 1951 c. 21.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) 1906 c. 14.
(d) S.I. 1965/478 (1965 I, p. 1215).
4. The list of works mentioned in the First Schedule to the Act of 1906 as extended and amended by the order of 1965 shall be further extended and amended to read as set out in Schedule 2 to this order.
5. The order of 1965 is hereby revoked.
Gordon Campbell, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh.
21st August 1972.
Article 3
SCHEDULE 1
SECTION 27 OF THE ACT OF 1906 CONTAINING THE LIST OF NOXIOUS OR OFFENSIVE GASES AS EXTENDED AND AMENDED
The expression "noxious or offensive gas" includes the following gases and fumes:—
Acetic acid or its anhydride;
Acetylene;
Acrylates;
Aldehydes;
Amines;
Ammonia or its compounds;
Arsenic or its compounds;
Bisulphide of carbon;
Bromine or its compounds;
Carbon monoxide;
Chlorine or its compounds;
Cyanogen compounds;
Di-isocyanates;
Fluorine or its compounds;
Fumaric acid;
Fumes containing aluminium, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, calcium, chlorine, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, silicon, sodium, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, zinc or their compounds;
Fumes from benzene works, cement works, paraffin oil works, petroleum works, or tar works;
Hydrogen chloride;
Hydrogen sulphide;
Iodine or its compounds;
Maleic acid or its anhydride;
Nitric acid or oxides of nitrogen;
Nitriles;
Phthalic acid or its anhydride;
Picolines;
Products containing hydrogen from the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons;
Pyridine;
Sulphuric acid or its anhydride;
Sulphurous acid or its anhydride, except that arising solely from the combustion of coal;
Volatile organic sulphur compounds;
Article 4
SCHEDULE 2
FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE ACT OF 1906 AS EXTENDED AND AMENDED LIST OF WORKS
(1) Sulphuric acid works, that is to say, works in which the manufacture of sulphuric acid is carried on by the lead chamber process, namely, the process by which sulphurous acid is converted into sulphuric acid by the agency of oxides of nitrogen and by the use of a lead chamber or by any other process involving the use of oxides of nitrogen.
(2) Sulphuric acid (Class II) works, that is to say, works in which the manufacture of sulphuric acid is carried on by any process other than the lead chamber process, and works for the concentration or distillation of sulphuric acid.
(3) Chemical manure works, that is to say, works in which the manufacture of chemical manure is carried on, and works in which any mineral phosphate is subjected to treatment involving chemical change through the application or use of any acid and works for the granulating of chemical manures involving the evolution of any noxious or offensive gas.
(4) Gas liquor works, that is to say, works (not being sulphate of ammonia works or chloride of ammonia works as defined in paragraph (6) of this schedule) in which hydrogen sulphide or any other noxious or offensive gas is evolved by the use of ammoniacal liquor in any manufacturing process, and works in which any such liquor is desulphurised by the application of heat in any process connected with the purification of gas.
(5) Nitric acid works, that is to say, works in which the manufacture of nitric acid is carried on and works in which nitric acid is recovered from oxides of nitrogen and works where in the manufacture of any product any acid-forming oxide of nitrogen is evolved.
(6) Sulphate of ammonia works and chloride of ammonia works, that is to say, works in which the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia or of chloride of ammonia is carried on.
(7) Chlorine works, that is to say, works in which chlorine is made or used in any manufacturing process.
(8) Hydrochloric acid works, that is to say—
(a) hydrochloric acid works, or works (not being alkali works as defined in section 27(1) of this Act) where hydrogen chloride is evolved either during the preparation of liquid hydrochloric acid or for use in any manufacturing process or as the result of the use of chlorides in a chemical process;
(b) tin plate flux works, that is to say, works in which any residue or flux from tin plate works is calcined for the utilisation of such residue or flux, and in which hydrogen chloride is evolved; and
(c) salt...
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