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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 6th March 1990

Laid before Parliament 15th March 1990

Coming into force 5th April 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of their powers (as respects regulations 1 to 3) under sections 1(1)(b) and (d), 15(1)^f1 and (3) and 53(1)^f2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974^f3, after consulting, in accordance with section 50(1)^f4 of that Act, the Health and Safety Commission and such other bodies as it appeared to them to be appropriate to consult, and (as respects regulations 1, 4 and 5) under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f5 being the Ministers designated^f6 for the purposes of that sub-section in relation to the control of air pollution, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: Substituted by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraph 6.
f2: See the definiton of “prescribed”.
f3: 1974 c. 37.
f4: Substituted by the Employment Protection Act 1975, Schedule 15, paragraph 18.
f5: 1972 c. 68. Section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with sections 37, 40 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), and S.I. 1984/447 and section 52(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) and, as regards Scotland, with sections 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), as inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and S.I. 1984/526 and amended by section 66 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41).
f6: S.I. 1988/785.