Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2017 No. 90
Health And Safety
The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Made
15th June 2017
Coming into operation
10th July 2017
The Department for the Economy(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A(2) of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)(3).
The Department is designated(4) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to measures relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
The Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.
Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see 2016 c. 5, section 1(3); that Department was formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3
Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)
1972 c. 68; the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51). Section 2(2) was further amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)