# The Health and Safety (Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/3022 · made 2 December 1996

These Regulations repeal and revoke the enactments and instruments specified in the Schedule on 1st January 1997.

Made under: Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (Section 37)

## Introductory text

HEALTH AND SAFETY
Made 2nd December 1996
Coming into force 1st January 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 37 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted the Health and Safety Commission (“the Commission”) in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, and having in accordance with subsection (3) of that section required the Commission to consult such persons as it considered appropriate for the purpose of deciding how it should respond to the consultation by the Secretary of State, and a draft of the following Regulations having been laid before Parliament in accordance with subsection (7) of that section and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

## 2 Repeals and revocations

(1) The enactments specified in column 2 of Part I of the Schedule are repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Part.
(2) The instruments specified in column 1 of Part II of the Schedule are revoked.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment.
2nd December 1996

## I REPEALS

1
2
3
Short title
Chapter
Extent of repeal
The Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act 1952
1952 c. 60
The whole Act
The Factories Act 1961
1961 c. 34
Section 68 and Schedule 1

## II REVOCATIONS

1
2
Title
Reference
The Flax and Tow Spinning and Weaving Regulations 1906
S.R. & O. 1906/177
The Hemp Spinning and Weaving Regulations 1907
S.R. & O. 1907/660
The Cotton Cloth Factories Regulations 1929
S.R. & O. 1929/300
The Kiers Regulations 1938
S.R. & O. 1938/106
The Jute (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1948
S.I. 1948/1696
The Factories (Cotton Shuttles) Special Regulations 1952
S.I. 1952/1495
The Agriculture (Ladders) Regulations 1957
S.I. 1957/1385
The Agriculture (Safeguarding of Workplaces) Regulations 1959
S.I. 1959/428
The Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) (Extension) Order 1960
S.I. 1960/398
The Agriculture (Threshers and Balers) Regulations 1960
S.I. 1960/1199
The Agriculture (Field Machinery) Regulations 1962
S.I. 1962/1472
The Cotton Cloth (Record of Humidity) Order 1964
S.I. 1964/558
The Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) (Extension) Order 1965
S.I. 1965/1395
The Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) (Extension) Order 1966
S.I. 1966/645

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations repeal and revoke the enactments and instruments specified in the Schedule on 1st January 1997.

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