Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Revocations, amendments and savings

27.—(1) The following Regulations are revoked–

(a) the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1);

(b) the Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(2); and

(c) the Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3).

(2) In regulation 5(1) of the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(4) for the words “the Executive” where they first appear there shall be substituted the words “the enforcing authority” and for the words “the Executive” where they next appear there shall be substituted the words “that authority”.

(3) After paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(5), there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(4A) The reference in paragraph (4)(a)(iii) to a physically segregated area does not include an area segregated only in order to prevent the escape of asbestos; and in this paragraph “asbestos” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(6).”.

(4) Any record or register required to be kept under any Regulations revoked by paragraph (1) shall, notwithstanding that revocation, be kept in the same manner and for the same period as specified in those Regulations as if these Regulations had not been made, except that the Executive may approve the keeping of records at a place or in a form other than at the place where, or in the form in which, records were required to be kept under the Regulations so revoked.

(1)

S.R. 1988 No. 74

(2)

S.R. 1993 No. 26

(3)

S.R. 2000 No. 98

(4)

S.R. 1984 No. 205 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 305

(5)

S.R. 1999 No. 90

(6)

S.R. 2003 No. 33