{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-certificates-special-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-certificates-special-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1991/446",
  "legislation_title": "Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-certificates-special-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 2nd October 1991\nComing into operation 2nd December 1991\nWhereas under Article 54(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the Order of 1978”) it appears to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Economic Development. the Department of the Environment and the Department of Health and Social Services (“the Department concerned”) that the modification of local Acts contained in regulation 13 is expedient in connection with the other provisions of these Regulations;\nNow, therefore, the Department concerned in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2). (4), (5) and (6), 54(1) and (3) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 3(1)) 11, 13, 14( 1)) 15 and 20(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Order of 1978 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Articles 46(1) and 54(5) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to it to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.1. 9)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1991/446/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."
}