COSHH
| Statutory Instrument | |
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| Introduced by | Nick Brown Department for Work and Pensions |
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| Territorial extent | United Kingdom, overseas |
| Dates | |
| Made | 24 October 2002 |
| Commencement | 21 November 2002 |
| Repealed | — |
| Other legislation | |
| Made under | European Communities Act 1972, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Amended by | SI 2003/978, SI 2004/3386 |
| Repealed by | — |
| Relates to | — |
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Status: Current legislation
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk | |
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, as amended is a United Kingdom Statutory Instrument that states general requirements on employers to protect employees and other persons from the hazards of substances used at work by risk assessment, control of exposure, health surveillance and incident planning. There are also duties on employees' to take care of their own exposure to hazardous substances and prohibitions on the import of certain substances into the European Economic Area. The regulations reenacted with amendments the Control of Substances Hazardous to Work Regulations 1999 and implement several European Union directives.
Breach of the regulations by an employer or employee is a crime, punishable on summary conviction or on indictment by an unlimited fine. Either an individual or a corporation can be punished and sentencing practice is published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council. Enforcement is the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive or in some cases, local authorities.
The regulations are complementary to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 (CHIPS) which require labelling of hazardous substances by suppliers. There are other regulations concerning the labelling and signage of pipes and containers (Sch.7), and since 2008 a further level of control mechanism on dangerous chemicals was added by the EU regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
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