Introductory text

England, Wales and Scotland

Health And Safety

Made 7th March 2023

Laid before Parliament 9th March 2023

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1), (2) and (4)(a), 43(2), (4), (5) and (6) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(c), 15(1), 16 and 21(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the Act”)^f1.

These Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Secretary of State by the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3) of the Act. Before submitting the proposals, the Health and Safety Executive consulted the Office for Nuclear Regulation^f2 and such other bodies as appeared to be appropriate as required by section 50(3) of the Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1974 c. 37. Section 11 was substituted by S.I. 2008/960 and amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32) (“the 2013 Act”), section 1(4) of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30). Section 15 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), by Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), by section 4 of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 (c. 20), by paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to the 2013 Act and by S.I. 2002/794, 2008/960 and 2015/1682. For the purposes of section 15, “specified” has the meaning given in subsection (10) of that section. Section 43 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 15, and Schedule 18, to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) and by S.I. 2002/794 and 2008/960. There are amendments to section 82 and Schedule 3 not relevant to these Regulations. For the purposes of Schedule 3, “specified” has the meaning given in paragraph 23(1) of that Schedule.
f2: The Office for Nuclear Regulation was established by section 77 of the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32).