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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/266",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 4th July 2016\nComing into operation 1st August 2016\nThe Department for the Economy, being the Department concerned, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2) and (5) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 7, 8, 10, 12(2) and (3), 13, 15, 17 and 19 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”).\nThe Regulations give effect 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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see 2016 c. 5, section 1(3); that Department was 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": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "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": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/266/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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