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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Safety Management) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Safety\nMade 8th July 2011\nComing into operation 10th October 2011\nThe Department for Regional Development being the Department concerned makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c), (4), 43(2), 54, 56(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(a) and (c), 1(2), 3(1), 4, 5, 6, 7(1), 8, 13, 14(1), 15, 17(a) and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978\nIn accordance with section 46(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I.9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "SR 1978 No. (N.I.9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by section 1 of the Railway Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 46 was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I.18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Formerly known as the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland which was established under Article 12 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I.9). Article 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18) changed its name to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/261/introduction",
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  "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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