Introductory text

Health And Safety

Made 20th January 2022

Coming into operation 21st March 2022

The Department for the Economy, being the Department concerned^f1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2) and paragraphs 7, 8 and 12(3) of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”)^f2.

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department concerned by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)^f3 of the 1978 Order after carrying out consultation in accordance with Article 46(3)^f4 of the 1978 Order.

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Footnotes

f1: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9). Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see 2016 c. 5, section 1(3); that Department was formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3
f2: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9): the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Articles 17(4) and 55(2) were amended and Article 20(2) substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1
f3: Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4
f4: Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18