{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/422",
  "legislation_title": "Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 5th December 2001\nComing into operation 16th January 2002\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment being a Department designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the notification and control of substances and to measures relating to biocides, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by 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 1978 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of that Order, after the carrying out by the said Executive of consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) of that Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1536 and S.I. 1999/2788"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/422/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:36.641699+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}