The Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2009.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(1).

Amendments to the Principal Regulations

3.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (issue of certificates of insurance), omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

(3) In regulation 5 (display and production of copies of certificates of insurance), for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—

“(1) An employer who has been issued with a certificate under regulation 4 must display one or more copies of it at each place of business at which he employs any relevant employee of the class or description to which such certificate relates.

(2) The requirements in paragraph (1) will be satisfied if the certificate is made available in electronic form and each relevant employee to whom it relates has reasonable access to it in that form.”.

(4) In regulation 6(b) (production of certificates of insurance) omit “and retained by him in accordance with regulation 4(4)”.

(5) For Schedule 2 substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

4.  The Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 9th March 2009

Michael J. Bohill

A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment