{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/179",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 25th April 2012\nComing into operation 28th May 2012\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment , being the Department concerned makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) and Articles 17(1) to (6) , 20(2), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) to (4), 2(2), 3, 5, 7 to 10, 12(1) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”).\nThe Department was designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations and persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicals.\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 had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) 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": "1972 c.68"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I.17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "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": "M6",
      "text": "See S.I. 1976/897 for the designation in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations and S.I. 2007/1349 in relation to persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicals"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/179/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:03.678852+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."
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