Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Health And Safety

Made 28th February 2013

Laid before Parliament 7th March 2013

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3)(c), (4)(b) and (5)(a)^f1 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (4), 2(2), 5(1), 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f2(“the 1978 Order”), as applied and modified, in relation to explosives, by Article 53 of the 1978 Order^f3. In accordance with Article 46(1)^f4 of the 1978 Order, as so applied and modified, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Article 17 of S.I. 1978/1039 must be read with Articles 3(2) and 4(2) of S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17).
f2: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9). The general purposes of Part 2 of S.I. 1978/1039, referred to in Article 17(1) of that Order, were extended by Articles 3(1) and 4(1) of S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17) to cover certain activities relating to offshore installations and pipe-lines.
f3: Article 53 was repealed by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) but with a saving in paragraph 4(1)(b) to enable the Secretary of State to make regulations under the 1978 Order for purposes connected with any reserved matter falling within paragraph 12 or 20 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47). The security of explosives, including the identification and traceability of explosives, is a reserved matter by virtue of paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
f4: Article 46(1) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18).