Introductory textF1
Northern Ireland
Health And Safety
Made 22nd April 2010
Coming into operation 19th May 2010
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)f4, 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 1978f5 (“the 1978 Order”).
The Department was designatedf6 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 Orderf7 after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)f8 of the 1978 Order.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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(d) (with regs. 3, 19, Sch. 1 para. 10)
Footnotes
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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
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See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
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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). Schedule 2 was amended by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)
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Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)
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S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9): the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 19
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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
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Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4
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Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18 and the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), Schedule 3 paragraph 10