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Introductory textF1

Northern Ireland

Health and safety

Made 21st March 2007

Coming into operation 30th April 2007

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investmentf1, being the Department concernedf2, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 (“the 1972 Act”) and Articles 17(1), (2), (3) and (5), 40(2) and (4) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (4) and (5), 3(1), 12(1), 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978f4 (“the 1978 Order”).

The Department was designatedf5 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the notification and control of substances and to measures relating to biocides.

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of the 1978 Orderf6 after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)f7 of the 1978 Order.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment that it is expedient for references in the Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001f8 to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and the Councilf9, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2000f10 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2032/2003f11 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked with savings (1.9.2013) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/206), reg. 22(c) (with regs. 3, 19, Sch. 1 para. 10)

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3

f2

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

f3

1972 c. 68: the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)

f4

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

f5

S.I. 1981/1536 for the designation in relation to the notification and control of substances and S.I. 1999/2788 in relation to measures relating to biocides

f6

Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

f7

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18

f8

S.R. 2001 No. 422, as amended by S.R. 2002 No. 302, S.I. 2003/429 and S.I. 2005/2451

f9

OJ No. L123, 24. 4. 98, p. 1

f10

OJ No. L228, 8. 9. 2000, p. 6

f11

OJ No. L307, 24. 11. 2003, p. 1