{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/615",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 5th April 1989\nLaid before Parliament 11th April 1989\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of all regulations except regulation 14 3rd July 1989\nfor the purposes of regulation 14 3rd January 1990\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c), (4), (5)(b), 80(1) and (4) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 3, 7, 12, 14, 15(1), 16 and 20 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other enabling powers:–\n(a) for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act; and\n(b) it appearing to him that the repeal of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1947 provided for by section 80(1) of the 1974 Act is expedient, after consulting the Health and Safety Executive being the only body appearing to him to be appropriate to consult in accordance with subsection (4) of that section,\nhereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1947 c. 10 (11 and 12 Geo.6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}