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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/152",
  "legislation_title": "Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 7th March 2003\nComing into operation\nAll regulations except for regulations 5(4)(c), 7, 11, 15(2), 16(2) and 17(1) to (3) 25th April 2003\nRegulations 15(2) and 16(2) 30th May 2003\nRegulations 5(4)(c), 7, 11, and 17(1) to (3) 30th June 2003\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (3) and (5), 45(1) and (2), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2) and (4), 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see 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": "Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2); S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17) was amended by S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2), Article 71(1) and Schedule 6"
    },
    {
      "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 47A was inserted by Article 3, and Article 2 was amended by Articles 4 and 8, of S.I. 1997/1774 (N.I. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 46(1) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/152/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:46.931097+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."
}