Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Health And Safety

Made 13th October 2026

Coming into operation 30th November 2026

The Department for the Economy (“the Department”), being the Department concerned^f1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2) and (5)^f2, and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2) and 15 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f3 (“the 1978 Order”).

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (“the Executive”) under Article 13(1A)^f4 of the 1978 Order. Before submitting those proposals to the Department, the Executive consulted such bodies that appeared to be appropriate as required by Article 46(3) of the 1978 Order^f5.

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Footnotes

f1: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); 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
f2: Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)
f3: S.I. 1978/1039; the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728, Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55 was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 19
f4: Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4
f5: Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18