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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/237",
  "legislation_title": "THE RAILWAYS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nTRANSPORT\nMade 25th May 2006\nComing into operation 30th June 2006\nThe Department for Regional Development, being the Department concerned ,makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(1), (2), (4), (5), and (6)(b) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(a) and (c),(2) 5, 6, 7(1), 13, 14(1) and 15, of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978\nIn accordance with Article 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": "N.I.",
  "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; Article 55 was amended by SI 1998/2795 (N.I. 18) Article 6(1) and Schedule 1 paragraph 19."
    },
    {
      "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/237/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."
}