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Hazardous substances definition

What does Hazardous substances mean? In practice, hazardous substances are solids, liquids or gases capable of harming human health, damaging property, or adversely affecting the environment and ecological systems. The term is an umbrella expression used across environmental, health and safety, and planning law rather than a single, uniform legal definition. Specific regimes define or list substances and thresholds differently. In UK planning law, the hazardous substances consent (HSC) regime controls the presence of named substances above controlled quantities (England and Wales: Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 and 2015 Regulations; Scotland: 1997 Act and 2015 Regulations; Northern Ireland: 1991 Order and 2015 Regulations). Health and safety...

Manufacturers, importers and distributors’ duties under RoHS 2012 in Great Britain and Northern Ireland: substance restrictions, conformity assessment, CE/UKCA/UKNI marking (including indefinite CE recognition), and enforcement

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Practice notes

At 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition/implementation period that followed the UK’s departure from the EU concluded. From this point—labelled ‘IP completion day’ in UK legislation—principal transitional provisions ended and major changes began to operate across the UK legal regime. For guidance on CE and UKCA marking, the revisions made by the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No 2) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/188 and the Hazardous substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/1647, and on post-Brexit divergences, see Practice Note: GB Restriction of hazardous substances (GB RoHS)—scope—Brexit.

RoHS Regulations 2012

The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012, SI 2012/3032 (RoHS Regulations 2012) implement Directive 2011/65/EU on restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2). RoHS 2 replaced the former RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, which in the UK had been implemented by the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006, SI 2006/1463 and later by the Restriction of the...

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