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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-vibration-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/397",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-vibration-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 18th August 2005\nComing into operation 3rd October 2005\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (5) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 7(1), 8, 10, 12(2) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; See S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3 and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); Article 17 must be read with Articles 3(2) and 4(2) of S.I. 1992/1728"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 46(3) was amended by Article 6(1) of S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), and paragraphs 8 and 18(c) of Schedule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/397/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:50:53.822249+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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