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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend—

  • The Blasting (Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 1949;

  • The Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953; and

  • The Non-Ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations 1962;

by substituting amounts or quantities expressed in metric units for amounts or quantities not so expressed. The substituted amounts preserve the effect of the original provisions except to the extent necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms.

Regulation 3 provides that the amendments do not relate to premises or plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations if those premises or that plant complied with the then existing Regulations.