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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-repeals-and-modifications-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/149",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-repeals-and-modifications-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations repeal sections 6, 12, 17, 18 and 19 of the Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (regulation 2).\nThe Agriculture (Field Machinery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 (S.R. 1985 No. 11) are amended so that the Department of Economic Development, instead of the Department of Agriculture, has discretion to grant certificates of exemption from the provisions of those Regulations (regulation 3).\nThe Agriculture (Safeguarding of Workplaces) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (S.R. 1989 No. 309) are amended so that the Department of Economic Development, instead of the Department of Agriculture, has discretion to grant certificates of exemption from the provisions of those Regulations (regulation 4).\nThe Agriculture (Circular Saws) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (S.R. 1989 No. 413) are amended so that the Department of Economic Development, instead of the Department of Agriculture, has discretion to grant certificates of exemption from the provisions of those Regulations (regulation 5).\nThe Agriculture (Safety Cabs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 477) are amended so that the Department of Economic Development, instead of the Department of Agriculture, has discretion to approve safety cabs for use with tractors, and to grant certificates of exemption from the provisions of those Regulations (regulation 6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/149/note",
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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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