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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 11th March 2016\nComing into operation 1st August 2016\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment , being the Department concerned , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5) , 43(2) and (3), 54(1) and (2) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 5 to 11, 13, 14(1), 15, 17, 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”).\nThe 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 Order after the Executive has carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) .\nIt appears to the Department that the modifications to the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and to the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 in Schedule 6 are expedient for the purposes of Article 54(1) of the 1978 Order. It also appears to the Department not to be appropriate to consult bodies in respect of those modifications for the purposes of Article 54(5) of the 1978 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "S.R. 2001 No. 348, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 152, S.R. 2003 No. 454 and S.R. 2007 No. 291"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/2852, as amended by S.I. 2009/716, S.R. 2009 No. 238, S.I. 2010/1513, S.I. 2011/3058, S.I. 2012/632, S.I. 2013/119, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2013/1948, S.I. 2013/2919, S.I. 2014/469, S.I. 2014/1638, S.R. 2014 No. 224, S.I. 2014/2882, S.I. 2014/3248, S.I. 2015/21, S.I. 2015/51, S.R. 2015 No. 223, S.I. 2015/1682 and S.R. 2015 No. 339; revoked in part by S.I. 2009/716 and S.R. 2009 No. 238"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/146/introduction",
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  "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."
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