{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/205",
  "legislation_title": "Quarries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 2nd May 2006\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, being the Department concerned, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 2(1) and (2), 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14(1), 15, 17, 19 and 20(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.\nIn accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order, it is giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of that Order.\nIn accordance with Article 46(3) of that Order, the Executive has consulted any bodies which appeared to it to be appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); Article 47A was inserted by Article 3, and Article 2 was amended by Articles 4 and 8, of S.I. 1997/1774 (N.I. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 46 was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Formerly the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/205/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:53.670761+00:00"
  },
  "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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