{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-first-aid-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/917",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-first-aid-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 29th June 1981\nLaid before Parliament 9th July 1981\nComing into Operation 1st July 1982\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (4)(a), (5)(b) and (9) and 49(1) and (4) of, and paragraphs 10 and 14 of Schedule 3 to, 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 applied (with modifications) (1.10.1993) by The Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1897), regs. 1, 44 (with reg. 3(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "sections 15 and 49 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), section 116 and Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 15."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/917/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."
}