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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 6th March 2007

Coming into operation 16th April 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), (2), (3), (5) and (6)^f3 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2) and (3), 8, 10, 13, 14 and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f4 (“the 1978 Order”).

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)^f5 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)^f6 of the 1978 Order.

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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), Articles 3(2) and 4(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), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 19
f5: Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4
f6: Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18