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Factories Act 1961
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180 Regulations, rules and orders.E+W+S
(1)Any regulations, rules or orders made under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument, except an order applicable only to particular persons, premises, boilers, employment, operations or work or to persons employed at particular premises or on work supervised from particular premises.
(2)Any statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3)Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations, rules or orders shall include power to make different provisions in relation to different circumstances.
(4)Any power conferred by this Act to make an order shall include power to revoke such an order by a subsequent order [F1and the provisions of section 50 of the M1Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 shall apply to any such power which is exercisable by statutory instrument as they apply to a power to make regulations.]
F2(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)Any power conferred by this Act to prescribe standards or impose requirements shall include power to do so by reference to the approval of the chief inspector [F3or of the chief employment medical adviser or a deputy chief employment medical adviser.]
F2(7), (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9)Any regulations or order made by the Minister under this Act may be made for a limited period or without limit of period and may be made subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and may contain such supplemental and consequential provisions as he considers necessary for giving full effect to the regulations or order.
F2(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Words added by S.I. 1974/1941, Sch. 2 para. 13
F2Ss. 1(5), 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), 9, 10, 14(3)(4)(6), 17(3)–(5), 18(5)(6), 25(4), 53–55, 58(2)–(4), 59(2)(3), 62, 66, 70, 71, 72(2), 73(2), 76, 81, 83, 121(7), 122(6), 124(2)(3), 129(1), 134, 137(5), 142, 145, 149, 150, 153(3), 159, 164(3), 174(2), 177, 179, 180(5)(7)(8)(10), 181(2), 182(5)(6), Schs. 3, 4 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1
F3Words added by Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972 (c. 28), s. 2(3)
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C1Reference to chief employment medical adviser and deputy chief employment medical adviser to be construed as reference to a person appointed for the purposes of that provision by the authority responsible for maintaining the employment medical advisory service: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 60(4)
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