44. Exclusion from regulations 41, 42 and 43

Regulations 41, 42 and 43 shall not apply in respect of the use, handling or storage in a workplace, or the sale for use in a workplace, of any hazardous substance that is in a consumer package and that is intended for retail sale.

Regulation 42 does not apply to any container of a hazardous substance if that container —

only contains organic combustible dust; and

contains less than 25 kilograms of organic combustible dust.

In this regulation —

“consumer package” means a container that is intended for retail display and sale to households or offices, and includes a container that is transported or distributed as part of a larger consolidated container that consists of a number of identical consumer packages;

“container” means anything in or by which substances are or have been wholly or partly encased, covered or packed.