Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Health And Safety

Made 18th September 2015

Coming into operation 23rd October 2015

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”)^f1, is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)^f2 in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms^f3.

The Department, being the Department concerned^f4 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and Articles 2(5), 17(1)to (5)^f5, 40(2), 40(4), 54(1) and (2) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 2, 3(1), 4, 5, 7(2), 8, 10, 12(1) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15, 16 and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f6(“the 1978 Order”).

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)^f7 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)^f8 of the 1978 Order.

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Footnotes

f1: 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: 1972 c.68
f3: S.I. 1991/755
f4: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
f5: Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I.17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)
f6: 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 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 19
f7: Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4
f8: Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18 and the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c.17), section 11 and Schedule 3 paragraph 10