{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-safety-at-work-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-safety-at-work-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0337377197",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-safety-at-work-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The Employment Medical Advisory Service",
  "text": "In Article 48 of the principal Order (the employment medical advisory service)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) for “Department” in the first place where it occurs there shall be substituted “Executive”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), the words “the Agency” shall be omitted;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(b) the words “the Agency and” shall be omitted;\n(c) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) after “The” where it first occurs there shall be inserted “Executive with the consent of the”;\n(ii) the words from “and may appoint” onwards shall be omitted;\n(d) in paragraphs (5) and (7) for “Department” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “Executive with the consent of the Department”;\n(e) in paragraph (6)—\n(i) for “Department” in the first and second places where it occurs there shall be substituted “Executive”;\n(ii) after “Department” in the third place where it occurs there shall be inserted “and the Department”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377197/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:47.296035+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."
}