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Document ID (ISN)74428
CIS number 00-24
ISBN(s) 0-11-082192-0
Year 1999
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1999 No.743
Title Health and Safety - The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Publications, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1999. 31p. Price: GBP 5.80.
Abstract These Regulations (entry into force: 1 April 1999) revoke the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 (CIS 89-1436) and certain amendments (CIS 90-1777). They implement in the United Kingdom European Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (CIS 97-1079).
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; United Kingdom; major hazards; flammable substances; toxic substances; explosive substances
Descriptors (secondary) list of chemical substances; escape organization; emergency organization; safety planning; information of personnel; inspection; authorization of dangerous work; law; role of government
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Major hazards