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16. The requirements of paragraph 7 do not apply to:

(1) paint (other than a paint for therapeutic or cosmetic use) which:

(a) contains only Schedule 5 poisons; or

(b) is a First Schedule, Second Schedule or Third Schedule paint, that is labelled with:

(i) the word “WARNING”, written in bold-face sanserif capital letters, the height of which is not less than 5 mm, on the first line of the main label with no other words written on that line; and

(ii) the expression “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”, written in bold-face sanserif capital letters, the height of which is not less than 2.5 mm, on a separate line immediately below the word “WARNING”; and

(iii) the appropriate warnings specified for the paint in Appendix F, written immediately below the expression “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”; and

(vi) the name and proportion of the First Schedule, Second Schedule or Third Schedule poisons it contains, provided that where the substance is a metal or metal salt the proportion is expressed as the metallic element present “calculated on the non-volatile content” or “in the dried film” of the paint.

(2) a tinter which contains:

(a) only Schedule 5 poisons; or

(b) a poison included in the First Schedule, Second Schedule or Third Schedule to Appendix I, provided that it is labelled with:

(i) the name and proportion of that poison, and where the poison is a metal or metal salt, the proportion is expressed as the metallic element present as “calculated on the non-volatile content” or “in the dried film”; and

(ii) if it contains more than 0.1 per cent of lead in the non-volatile content of the tinter, with:

(A) the word “WARNING”, written in bold-face sanserif capital letters, the height of which is not less than 5 mm, on the first line of the main label with no other words written on that line; and

(B) the expression “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”, written in bold-face sanserif capital letters, the height of which is not less than 2.5 mm, on a separate line immediately below the word “WARNING”; and

(C) the warnings specified for tinters in Appendix F (see paint), written immediately below the expression “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”.