(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend various statutory provisions to take account of the amendments to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9) (“the 1978 Order”) made by the Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18). The latter Order renames the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland as the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and provides for the Executive to enforce the provisions of the 1978 Order and to provide the employment medical advisory service.