S.L. 427.14 · Dangerous Substances Regulations (S.L. 427.14)
S.L. 427.14 Art. 8Packaging.
Dangerous substances cannot be placed on the market unless their packaging satisfies the following requirements:
(a) it shall be so designed and constructed that its contents cannot escape; this requirement shall not apply where special safety devices are prescribed;
(b) the materials constituting the packaging and fastenings must not be susceptible to adverse attack by the contents, or liable to form dangerous compounds with the contents;
(c) packaging and fastenings must be strong and solid throughout to ensure that they will not loosen and will safely meet the normal stresses and strains of handling;
(d) containers fitted with replaceable fastening devices shall be so designed that the packaging can be refastened repeatedly without the contents escaping;
(e) every container of whatever capacity, containing substances sold or made available to the general public and labelled "very toxic", "toxic" or "corrosive", as defined in these regulations, must have a child-resistant fastening and a tactile warning of danger;
(f) every container, of whatever capacity, containing substances sold or made available to the general public and labelled "harmful", "extremely flammable" or "highly flammable" as defined in these regulations must bear a tactile warning of danger.
Änderungsgeschichte
- Amended by L.N. 215 of 2009