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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-enforcing-authority-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-enforcing-authority-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 2nd March 1998\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1) and (3)(a) and (c), 18(2) and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.4.1999) by The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/743), regs. 1, 20(6) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations excluded in part (19.11.1999) by Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2892), regs. 1, 16(2) (with regs. 3, 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (15.11.2000) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2831), regs. 1, 26(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Regulations applied (6.4.2001) by The Biocidal Products Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/880), reg. 1, Sch. 11 para. 5(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Regulations applied (9.6.2004) by The Adventure Activities (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1359), regs. 1(1), 2(1) (with reg. 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.9.2013) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1506), regs. 1, 9(1) (with regs. 3(4)(5), 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Regulations applied (1.9.2013) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1506), regs. 1, 9(5) (with regs. 3(4)(5), 9(6), 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.4.2014) by S.I. 1996/341, reg. 7(1) (as substituted by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 64 (with Sch. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.4.2014) by S.I. 1996/890, reg. 6 (as substituted by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 65 (with Sch. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.4.2014) by S.I. 1993/2714, reg. 9(1) (as substituted by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 55(2) (with Sch. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.6.2015) by The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/483), regs. 1(1), 27(5) (with reg. 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.6.2015) by The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1506), regs. 1(1), 18(1) (with regs. 3(4)(5), 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (10.5.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(4), 35(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 42"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 5, Sch. 1 para. 42"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively."
    }
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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."
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