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Northern Ireland

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 19th April 2007

Coming into operation 21st May 2007

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment^f1, being the Department concerned^f2, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) to (6)^f3 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 7(1), 8, 13, 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f4 (“the 1978 Order”) and Article 3(2) of the Offshore, and Pipelines, Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1992^f5.

In accordance with Article 46(1)^f6 of the 1978 Order, the powers exercised give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland^f7 under Article 13(1A)^f8 of the 1978 Order.

In accordance with Article 46(3) of the 1978 Order, the Executive has consulted the bodies which appeared to it to be appropriate.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3 and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)
f2: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
f3: Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Article 3(2)
f4: 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), Article 3(1)
f5: S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17)
f6: Article 46 was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18
f7: Formerly the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 3(1)
f8: Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4